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ast Mesa resident Scott Rolfness rolls his eyes toward the heavens whenever he hears the distinctive sound that every driver in Arizona instantly recognizes: the loud ping of a rock hitting a windshield.

“Again,” he utters in half resignation and half disgust, but he knows exactly what to do next. Rolfness said he calls Progressive Insurance, his carrier, and heads to a Safelite glass repair shop a couple miles from his house.

Safelite employees jokingly call the softspoken Rolfness the king of rock chips. It’s a title he might not cherish, but he readily admits it fits his experiences behind the wheel during the past year.

Blaming a construction project along the Loop 202 that was completed a few months ago, Rolfness said that he and his family have replaced two cracked windshields and had an estimated six to eight rock chips repaired.

The glass damage has occurred across three different drivers and cars—two Honda Accords and a Toyota Sienna van. The hot See

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hen police stop a driver with a cracked windshield, their primary concern is to eliminate a safety hazard if the crack blocks the field of vision.

Arizona law allows an officer to use his or her own discretion to evaluate whether a crack poses a safety risk. For the most part, a crack in the middle of the windshield would be likely to draw a warning or a ticket that gets quashed when the repair is completed.

But police also say a cracked windshield can serve as grounds to make a stop where an officer determines a much more serious violation has occurred, such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

“In the majority of cases, if a citation is issued, it’s a ‘fix-it’ ticket. It’s only if the crack obscures your field of vision,’’ said Sgt. Jesse Sanger, a Gilbert police spokesman. “If the crack runs through your field of vision, it needs to be fixed.’’

He said that many times a “fix-it ticket’’ is dismissed when the driver brings a receipt to a court verifying a windshield has been replaced or repaired.

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A reputable glass company can generally fix most rock chips and cracks that are less than the size of a dollar bill.

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Tempe teacher’s Bell Camp rings true for novices of all ages

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ing those bells!

That was the task at hand for 14 attendees at the annual Bell Camp held at Ahwatukee’s Mountain View Lutheran Church.

And campers, ages 7 to 82, learned there’s a whole lot more to ringing bells than picking one up and sounding the clapper.

Indeed, Tempe resident Leslie Franzmeier dedicates the first portion of Bell Camp, now in its twelfth year, to learning how to hold the bell and execute the backstroke before the forwardmoving hand stroke.

Although Franzmeier is an accomplished and lauded bell ringer as well as the bell choir director at Mountain View Lutheran, she’s also an easy-to-follow teacher of all ages. She even teaches the church’s Chiming Cherubs, who are 3 to 7 years old.

For camp, which this year moved from a week-long, hour-a-day camp to one all-day session, novices are assigned one or two bells of different notes. They use color-coded sheet music showing when to ring.

Unlike prolific ringers who may be responsible for handling as many as five bells, some newbie campers had one bell while others had two.

With eight campers having no musical experience, one or two bells were just enough.

Mesa resident Anthony Fitzwater hasn’t played any instrument since grade school.

He and his 8-year-old son, Matthew, stood side by side as they both learned the basics of bells for the first time.

“I certainly got a better understanding of what the bell ringers do,” Fitzwater said. “I’ve always wanted to play a musical instrument, and I’d like to do this again, but to play with a bell choir? I would need a lot of practice, but I’d like to see my son continue with it.”

Mountain View Lutheran Church member Gianna Giorgio attended with her 9-year-old grandson, William. Both, she said, were pitch-challenged.

“We’re both a bit tone-deaf, and that’s why I thought he would like this. He was in Chiming Cherubs before. I think music is so important for brain health and emotional health,” said Giorgio, who at 66 was a youngster when compared with the eldest camper—82-year-old

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The 12th annual Bell Camp brought campers ages 7 to 82 to the one-day event that culminated in an evening concert. Leslie Franzmeier of Tempe, seen directing the group, is the bell choir director at Ahwatukee’s Mountain View Lutheran Church where the session was held. The camper on the far right holds a hand chime.

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Concentration is key for campers at the one-day, 12th Annual Bell Camp held at Ahwatukee’s Mountain View Lutheran Church. From left are Jennifer Bacon and Walt Sadowniczak of Ahwatukee, and Mesa father and son Matthew Fitzwater and Anthony Fitzwater, 8. Sadowniczak, 82, celebrated his 61st wedding anniversary by performing for his wife Dolores in the evening’s Bell Camp Concert.

Walt Sadowniczak of Ahwatukee.

Sadowniczak, who was a bell ringer years ago, celebrated his 61st wedding anniversary by refreshing his skills and then performing for his wife, Dolores, in the evening’s Bell Camp Concert.

For Franzmeier, bell ringing has become a family affair as her daughter Jenny Franzmeier and granddaughter Ayla Anaya-Franzmeier also play bells.

Ayla, 8, was a camper while Jenny Franzmeier and Mareike Davis were among the four bell assistants; both perform with the church’s adult bell choir.

For Franzmeier, who started learning bells as an adult, teaching at Bell Camp is fulfilling.

“I love people, and I love music, and I love things that aren’t common. It’s a perfect match for me,” she said. “Seeing the ringers happy fills me with joy, too.

“Our church is blessed with some very good musicians, and I am blessed that

they’re in bell choir.”

Bells are costly, and few individuals own a full set; a single, quality bell can cost thousands of dollars. Smaller single bells are more typically $250 and up.

“It can run several thousand dollars to equip a church bell choir,” Franzmeier said. “We’re blessed to have five octaves of hand bells and hand chimes at our church. Then there are the tables, the coverings, special music holders—it’s quite an investment.”

Franzmeier continues to fine-tune her skills by attending seminars and joining the Spring Ring, held last year at Chandler’s Risen Savior Lutheran Church.

Mountain View Lutheran Church is hosting the 2017 gathering of bell ringers from churches and community choirs in the East Valley, Tucson and Phoenix.

Next year’s Bell Camp may be a twoday event, Franzmeier said.

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(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer) Eric Brumbaugh works to replace the cracked windshield on Tom Melcher’s Suburban. The crack started out as a chip, but when it didn’t get repaired, a crack formed.

Safelight will replace the entire windshield. In Mesa.

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spot for Rolfness has been the 202 and Power Road, where he normally enters and exits the freeway, but the latest chip to bedevil him was at Via de Ventura and the Loop 101 in Scottsdale, another area that has been under construction.

“We would bypass the section of the 202 that I felt was so bad,” Rolfness said, using the Greenfield Road exit and entrance ramps instead. “My insurance company is Progressive. They told me Arizona is the No. 1 state in the country for rock chips.”

A Progressive spokesman contacted said he could not officially confirm that statistic, nor could the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Arizona Insurance Institute or the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.

But virtually everyone seems to agree that Arizona, and especially the East Valley, amounts to a perfect storm for cracked windshields. While recognized as a potential safety issue, the problem gets far less attention, understandably, than many worse threats faced by drivers, such as fatalities caused by impaired or distracted drivers. It doesn’t even rank a mention in ADOT’s voluminous yearly Crash Facts report on highway safety issues.

But East Valley drivers find the frequency of direct windshield hits

maddening.

Justin Cardwell, store manager, said he The factors contributing to the like- advises customers to keep as far a dislihood of broken windshields include tance as possible from the back of large heavy traffic, a high degree of exposure construction trucks, theorizing that any for commuters because they travel long vehicle closer to the rear wheels is more distances on freelikely to get hit by ways, frequent My insurance company … told a rock. construction But Cardwell zones, numerous me Arizona is the No. 1 state in said it is often just large trucks, dra- the country for rock chips. bad timing and matic changes in factors beyond the temperature that driver’s control. often make cracks spread, and—perhaps In Arizona, “it’s not if, it’s when” a most of all—a desert terrain with an driver will get either a rock chip or a endless supply of rocks. cracked windshield, he added.

“I do think we have desert bordering Tom Melcher of Mesa said he didn’t all of our roads. We don’t have grass even notice a small rock chip near here like New England. We have rocks,” the rear view mirror of his Chevrolet said Nicole Farr, a spokeswoman for Suburban, which he uses to pull a trailer. the Arizona Insurance Institute, a trade Melcher and his son drove to Grand organization. “Exposure is everything Mesa, Colorado, to test some custom when it comes to insurance.” snowmobiles in April. His son has Chris Sims, assistant store manager at invented a new tracking system designed a Safelite repair facility in east Mesa, said to improve stability. there are countless scenarios that lead to But when Melcher removed a layer of broken or damaged windshields, but he snow from his windshield, he noticed hears some of the same stories repeatedly a crack spreading sideways through from customers. the glass, the result of a change in “Ninety percent of the time, they were temperature. driving down the freeway and they heard “It’s was the change in temperature,” a loud crack,” Sims said. “There are a lot Melcher said. “I never even knew it was of big trucks floating around. In Arizona, there, it had been so tiny.” we tend to drive a lot on the freeway.”

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saw the Safelite repair shop and decided to get the windshield replaced before he drove to his summer home near Payson.

The process is far more complicated for a car owner who can’t afford comprehensive insurance or has decided to skip it in hopes of keeping a lower premium.

While insurance companies in Arizona are required to offer a “zero deductible” plan on glass, there is no requirement to buy it. Drivers who have opted out of the full insurance might be tempted to get a deal on a repair—and it could possibly turn into a nightmare.

Although some companies offer such incentives as a $50 gift card direct to the car owner—signs advertising these offers are often haphazardly posted at freeway exits—many in the insurance industry warn against accepting these deals from people you don’t know.

It is not uncommon to encounter such offers in parking lots or at car washes.

While some offers are legitimate, there have been many reports of bad experiences.

Scam artists also frequently use very aggressive telemarketing to sell their windshield offers. Historically they have damaged the reputation of the auto glass industry.

Cardwell said such operators are called “windshield bullies” because they will call repeatedly, trying to get the customer to authorize repairs even when none is necessary.

Stephen Briggs, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Insurance, said he encourages the public to report instances of suspected fraud. He said the unit has served four search warrants since Aug. 20 of last year involving three glass companies. Two owners were arrested on fraud charges.

The charges included identity theft, with the owner accused of misrepresenting himself as an insured customer, and fraudulently claiming to sell original equipment glass when cheaper aftermarket glass was used.

James Quiggle, spokesman for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud in Washington, D.C., described auto glass fraud as “an ongoing irritant” for insurance companies. He said some fly-bynight operators will do a very small repair and then charge an insurance company for a new windshield.

“It bleeds insurance companies, and it bleeds motorists. All drivers pay for insurance fraud through higher premiums,” Quiggle said. “Consumers with broken windshields should work with their insurance companies to make sure repairs are done right.”

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Arizona Insurance Institute, said it’s better to a get a small star-shaped crack fixed rather than risk a ticket or an unstable windshield.

“If it’s on the driver’s side, that’s when it is suggested to repair the windshield.

You don’t want the star to expand and affect visibility,’’ she said. “If the star is starting to expand, it’s affecting the integrity of the windshield.’’

Windshields are actually two pieces of glass fused together with vinyl in the middle, said Justin Cardwell, manager of an East Mesa Safelite repair facility.

He said most cracks are to the outer shell of the windshield.

Safelite attempts to save the windshield when possible by repairing rock chips and other small cracks before they spread, he said.

Cardwell and others have a few additional suggestions for drivers when they inevitably catch a rock on their windshield: Notify your insurance company. If you have comprehensive, most repairs will be covered, but some people opt not to

buy comprehensive in hopes of lowering their premium, or because they can only afford minimal insurance. Insurance companies often have a recommended provider but they also give customers the option of picking a qualified repair shop of their choice.

Deal with a reputable glass vendor with a repair facility, although many companies have mobile services where the repairman will come to your home or office. Avoid fly-by-night operators who might approach you in a parking lot. Give your insurance information only to someone trustworthy.

If you think you are a victim of fraud, notify the Arizona Department of Insurance, which investigates complaints. Go to the insurance fraud link at insurance.az.gov for more information or call 602-364-2140 to reach the Investigations Division.

A reputable glass company can generally fix most rock chips and cracks that are less than the size of a dollar bill as a rule of thumb.

(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer) Jason Leigh puts the finishing touches on a new piece of glass at Cobblestone Auto Spa at Alma School and Germann in Chandler. Bad practices by opportunists sometimes hurt the auto glass trade.

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Experts recommend fixing all windshield damage

BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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f a pesky rock is spit up by another vehicle and chips, cracks or breaks your windshield and you opted for Arizona’s zero-deductible glass insurance, you get a free windshield.

Arizona is one of just six states where vehicle owners can purchase the zerodeductible glass policies. That means people get damaged windshields fixed or replaced without being required to pay any deductible.

Allstate Insurance agents in Arizona nearly always quote a customer a policy price that includes glass coverage, according to agent Makenzie Upchurch of Wayne Smith’s Allstate office in Mesa.

Customers can opt out, she says, but most choose not to. Adding the zero deductible option to a policy raises the price by between $50 and $100 a year, on average, she says. With the average

cost of a new windshield in the $300 range, customers tend to see the benefit of the extra coverage, Upchurch says.

“We see a lot of windshield damage in Arizona,” Upchurch says.

Generally, agents advise their customers to check on a repair if the crack or chip is smaller than a dollar bill. But, if the driver’s vision is obstructed, it may be a better option to replace the windshield all together, she says.

Upchurch recommends that car owners fix chips quickly, because Arizona’s intense heat can cause even small blemishes to spread into cracks.

Michelle Donati, spokeswoman for AAA Arizona, agrees.

Donati offers other tips to avoid glass damage in Arizona. Because autos get so hot when parked here, most drivers turn their air conditioning on full blast when they get inside, she said. That rapid temperature change can cause a chip or crack

to spread. She recommends starting the air conditioning on a low setting and increasing it as the car’s interior cools.

Donati adds that people shouldn’t slam their car doors when it’s extremely hot because it puts more stress on window glass that could result in breakage.

Arizona’s laws about driving with a damaged windshield aren’t particularly specific.

States are required to enforce federal regulations that require the center of a windshield to be free of discoloration or damage. The center area is defined as the space above the steering wheel extending to two inches from the top of the windshield and one inch from each side.

Plenty of windshield cracks are caused by debris flying up from the road surface or out of another vehicle.

Arizona law requires that loads in trucks be properly secured so nothing flies out.

According to the DPS, violators could pay up to $1,000 in fines and costs if found guilty of not securing a load.

The Arizona Department of Transportation and Maricopa Association of Governments operate the Don’t Trash Arizona program that encourages not littering, either purposefully or accidentally.

Anyone who observes highway littering, either intentionally or accidentally, should call 911 if it’s a serious hazard so it can be cleared from the road.

Other reporting options include calling ADOT at 602-712-7355, calling the litter hotline at 877-354-8837 or reporting it online at donttrashaz.com/ highway-littering/report-a-violation/.

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Car washes provide quick repairs, but scammers lurk

BY MADISON RUTHERFORD TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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ynergy between windshield repair businesses and car washes is becoming increasingly popular in the Valley. But auto glass scammers lurk, too.

Windshield companies team with local car washes to maximize profits and market their brands, which they say may not otherwise get widespread exposure.

Jeff Searles, president of Auto Glass Shop in Chandler, has partnered with Full Circle Auto Wash for 10 years.

“We actually have many consumers who come into the car wash looking for the glass professional,” Searles said.

“Especially in Arizona, people have come to know that, ‘If my windshield breaks, I know there’s a glass guy at my local car wash. I need to go see him so I can get it replaced.’”

Searles said that pounding the pavement at local car washes is a far better marketing strategy than impersonal TV and newspaper ads. When customers file their claims through their auto insurance, they can choose a local business instead of the insurer’s preferred providers, which are typically chain

(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Most hardware and auto parts stores feature windshield repair kits. These are temporary fixes for small dings, but bigger cracks need bigger solutions..

companies, he said.

Since Arizona is a no-fault state, Searles said it’s very easy to file an auto insurance claim. This unfortunately makes it easy for insurance scammers to slip under the radar, set up shop at local car washes and pose as reputable auto glass companies.

Frank Scafidi, director of the National

Insurance Crime Bureau, said that scammers will claim that windshield damage is dangerous to the driver, even if it is small or invisible.

“If you don’t see the name of a company, it’s just two guys, ask, ‘What’s the name of your business, where are you located? Do you work out of your house

or mobile truck?’” he advised.

Scafidi also contended that that the majority of cars going through a car wash are likely to have some degree of damage to the windshield, which can be great business for auto glass companies.

But it is also a convenient way for scammers to find vulnerable targets.

“The scam artists are very slick at presenting to you a problem that doesn’t exist,” Scafidi said.

Naomi Johnson, State Farm’s spokesperson for the Southwest, suggested checking local review sites to see what other customers have said about a shop and asking for a written estimate before authorizing a repair.

Searles said fraudulent companies make up a small percentage of the auto glass industry in the East Valley, but a few bad apples make the headlines and paint auto glass companies at car washes in a negative light.

“Some people think that if you’re at a car wash selling auto glass, that immediately makes you a criminal, and that’s just not the case,” Searles said.

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Charters start getting Prop. 123 funds as suits continue

BY SHANE DEGROTE AND HOWARD FISHER TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS

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ast Valley charter school leaders are breathing a sigh of relief after state Solicitor General John Lopez said charter schools are indeed eligible the additional dollars from Proposition 123.

“The idea that charter schools would be ineligible for Proposition 123 funding was not supported by fact, law or precedent and we were pleased that it was repudiated,” said Peter Bezanson, CEO of BASIS.ed, who has charter schools in Chandler and Mesa.

The first distribution of $260 million in late June was taken full advantage of

by BASIS.ed.

“Because of the passage of Prop. 123, BASIS public charter schools in Arizona were able to increase teacher salaries for the ’16-’17 school year,” Bezanson said.

This additional funding will also assist students at charter schools with new and improved programs.

“Charter schools, students and staff deserve funding to support the excellent programs that they deliver,” said Betsy Fera, Executive Director at Horizon Community Learning Center. “Charter schools have high levels of accountability

just like district schools. They deserve to have the money.”

Meanwhile, Phoenix man Michael Pierce was given permission to amend his lawsuit challenging the voter-approved measure.

Pierce argues that simply amending the Arizona Constitution to boost trust fund withdrawals is legally insufficient.

He contends that can happen only with congressional approval.

That is one of the same questions that Treasurer Jeff DeWit and the school board asked Attorney General Mark Brnovich to answer.

The June decision by the attorney general’s office not to wade into that question leaves the legal issue unanswered.

Central to both the lawsuit and DeWit’s request is nature of the trust.

The federal government gave Arizona 10 million acres when it became a state in 1912 with the restriction that it be held for the benefit of certain beneficiaries, mostly public schools. About 9.2 million acres remain.

There also is about $4.8 billion in the trust made up of the proceeds from sales and leases of the land.

Under current law, public schools get 2.5 percent of the value of the trust

annually, a figure designed to ensure level distributions without endangering the principal. Prop. 123 boosts that to 6.9 percent for the next decade.

Legislative budget staffers said that, at current withdrawals, the fund would grow to about $9 billion by 2025. But with the additional funds taken out, the account is projected to be $6.2 billion instead.

What makes that significant is the contention by both DeWit and Pierce that such a radical change can be made only by amending the “Enabling Act,’’ the 1912 law that gave Arizona the land in the first place. Solicitor General Lopez, acting on behalf of Brnovich, won’t answer that question.

The questions about the eligibility of charter schools to share in the proceeds also stem from the Enabling Act. DeWit said that in giving Arizona the federal lands, Congress required that the schools they support “shall forever remain under the exclusive control’’ of the state. But charter schools, while technically public schools, can be owned and operated as private, for-profit companies.

Lopez, however, said there is nothing new in Proposition 123 that suggests the charter schools are ineligible for the

additional dollars.

“Charter schools have received monies from these trust funds for 21 years,’’ he pointed out, ever since the legislature allowed their creation. “Proposition 123 does not compel the board to overturn more than two decades of pattern and practice in this area due to the nature of the beneficiary.’’

DeWit stressed on June 8 he wasn’t engaging in an attack on charter schools but that the issue arose when he hired an outside lawyer last year to look at all the legal issues surrounding the ballot measure. In fact, he said, the language about “exclusive control’’ of the state was “a shock to us,’’ especially since charters have shared in state revenues for so long.

Charters were not the only schools at risk of losing out on Prop. 123, the entire proposition was at risk of being blocked. However, the attorney general’s office stated they would not step in to block the proposition.

– Editor’s note: Shane DeGrote is a Tribune Staff Writer. Howard Fischer writes for Capitol Media Services.

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Homeless lose heat relief after fire damages Mesa dining hall

BY PAUL MARYNIAK TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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n early morning Independence Day fire that severely damaged the Society of St. Vincent de Paul dining hall in Mesa has robbed hundreds of homeless people of daytime relief from scorching temperatures.

Although people who ate there will find meals at nearby Paz de Cristo Community Center, they won’t be able to find an air-conditioned daytime shelter until the hall is repaired.

And they will have to go elsewhere for free toiletries as well as medical, mental health and dental services that other nonprofits provided at the hall.

No one was injured in the blaze, which started around 4:30 a.m. July 4 in the ceiling of the hall, Broadway Road and MacDonald Street. The cause has not been determined and an investigation is ongoing, according to Steve Attwood,

the de Paul Society’s chief operations officer.

Attwood also said that insurance adjusters are still assessing the extent of the damage and that it is unknown how long repairs will take or when the hall will reopen.

An average 300 homeless people eat at the hall daily, but they won’t go hungry while repairs are underway.

“If East Valley residents meet anyone who needs a meal, they can let him or her know that we will serve lunch at Paz de Cristo Community Center, 424 W. Broadway Road, Mesa, at our usual time, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,” Attwood said.

Also, St. Joseph the Worker, which usually conducts job referral services on Tuesdays in the dining room, still came to resume its usual program the day after the fire, he added. The group plans on continuing services from a mobile unit.

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(St. Vincent de Paul Society/Special to the Tribune) Investigators are still assessing the extent of damage caused by a July 4 fire in the Mesa dining hall by the St. Vincent de Paul Society to assist the area's homeless population.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW Marijuana supporters file petitions to put issue on ballot

Plea deal reached in deaths of 23 dogs The former owners of a Gilbert kennel where 23 dogs died from heat exhaustion two years ago have accepted a plea deal in their case.

MaLeisa and Jesse Hughes will plead guilty to one felony count each of animal cruelty and fraud. They will each spend 23 days in jail, serve three years’ probation and complete 230 hours of volunteer service.

They also will write a letter to the victims and the public apologizing for the deaths at Green Acre Dog Boarding.

The two were charged with 29 counts of animal cruelty and fraud after the June 2014 deaths at their business.

– RALPH ZUBIATE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Mesa given award for worksite wellness The city of Mesa was recently recognized for worksite wellness.

The Healthy Arizona Worksites Program said the city achieved the Gold level of excellence for a growing commitment to wellness.

The minimum qualifications for recognition include attending the Healthy Arizona Worksites Program training and developing a plan to improve employee health and safety. To qualify for the Silver and Gold levels of the award, employers need to support employee health through policy and systems changes.

For more information, visit healthyazworksites.org.

– TRIBUNE REPORT

65,000 taking part in county reading program Nearly 65,000 people are participating in Maricopa County’s Summer Reading Program.

County officials are encouraging readers to earn 1,000 points and get a free book.

Through Aug. 1, participants can log their summer reading activities to earn a point a minute toward a free Chipotle meal at 500 points. Readers can earn a free book of their choice from an online marketplace at 1,000 points.

For more information, events to attend or to register, visit maricopacountyreads.org.

– TRIBUNE REPORT

Supporters of a campaign to allow recreational use of marijuana submitted petitions more than 250,000 signatures to put the issue on the November ballot.

That would 100,000 more than the secretary of state’s office requires. The signatures are still being authenticated.

The measure is clouded by its wording, which might allow people to legally drive while under the influence of the drug.

Amid the nearly 10,000-word proposal is language saying that individuals cannot be penalized solely because they test positive for the actual “components of marijuana.’’

That would include tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive element of the drug.

Despite that wording, attorney Ryan Hurley, who represents the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, insisted this would not permit drugged driving.

– CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES

Early Head Start program expanded in Mesa Child Crisis Arizona is expanding its Early Head Start program to Mesa at 817 N. Country Club Drive.

The program will now serve more than 100 children and create 30 jobs, expanding the agency’s workforce to 300.

The program will include six classrooms that will provide services to 48 children.

Home-based service will now be available for 64 children and pregnant women.

Construction and renovations are expected to begin in September.

For more information about working for the Child Crisis Arizona’s Early Head Start program, visit childcrisisaz.org. To enroll a child in the program, call 602-889-6165.

Registration is now open.

– TRIBUNE REPORT

Governor ends hiring of private lobbyists by agencies State agencies are now blocked from hiring private lobbyists, and Gov. Doug Ducey ordered existing contracts terminated.

The lobbyists had been pushing the agencies’ agendas at the Legislature.

The executive directors of the more than 200 boards and commissions were asked whether they hired outside lobbyists and how much they spent. More than 80 of these entities didn’t respond.

Gubernatorial press aide Daniel Scarpinato said the governor was upset when some of these boards and commissions that oversee professional specialties used their private lobbyists to work against his own efforts at deregulation. The result, he said, was that some of the proposals to eliminate licensing for certain professions were “watered down’’ to the point where Ducey’s own lobbyist asked that one of the bills be scrapped as meaningless.

– CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES

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Kyrene sets hearing on budget that increases spending, restores cuts

BY PAUL MARYNIAK TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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fter years of hand-wringing over budget cuts, Kyrene School District officials have good news for its 17,000 students, parents and teachers in their proposed 2016-17 spending plan.

Buoyed by new money from Proposition 123, the district is restoring some programs and initiating new ones, giving back money cut from this year’s budget to its 19 elementary and six middle schools in Ahwatukee, Tempe and Chandler – and putting some extra bucks in teachers’ pockets.

The plan will be explained to the public and adopted at a special public meeting at 7 p.m. July 12 at the district office, 8700 South Kyrene Road in Tempe.

The fiscal turnaround was made possible by voters’ approval last month of Proposition 123, which boosted statewide K-12 funding by $3.5 billion.

As a result, Kyrene’s budget calls for: • Increased spending district-wide on educational resources by $2 million, with about $700,000 for materials and the other $1.3 million set aside for a pending English Language Arts initiative geared to improving all students’ literacy and better preparing them for college or work training programs. That program is still under study.

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• Returning all schools’ allocations to 2014-15 levels after cuts in the current budget. Principals will have more money for hiring support personnel, such as crossing guards, and other discretionary spending.

• An extra $1.3 million for expanded programs, including more electives in middle schools. The money will pay for more staff and materials for electives such as advanced sewing, web design, culinary arts and even guitar.

• An additional $2.2 million in raises for teachers and other staff as part of a three-year plan to make salaries more competitive with other districts and improve employee retention.

Many districts are using a significant portion of the new Prop. 123 money to raise teacher pay.

District Finance Director Jeremy Calles told board members during a meeting earlier this month that Kyrene also maintains the highest credit rating in the state.

“It helps our taxpayers” with lower interest rates on its debt, Calles said.

For more information on the budget, visit ade.az.gov/schoolfinance/Forms/Budgets/ ProposedBudget/EntitySelection.aspx – Reach Paul Maryniak at pmaryniak@ timespublications.com.

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But what won’t resume until the hall is repaired is the heat relief that the de Paul Society was able to provide. Homeless people who obtained an array of health services as well as free toiletries will have to get assistance elsewhere.

After temperatures began soaring, the charity extended its hours to provide an air-conditioned place to stay and get free water bottles until 5 p.m.

Some walked several miles to eat and find shelter from the heat, de Paul Society spokeswoman Esther Martinez said.

A homeless woman who made a mileand-a-half walk collapsed in the hall and had to be rushed by an ambulance to a hospital for treatment of a heat stroke.

Until the fire, dining room manager Tammy Cox would turn off the lights after meals were done and play a movie, allowing guests to sleep and stay until 5 p.m.

St. Vincent de Paul works in collaboration with several other nonprofit organizations to provide other services at the hall. Groups such as Community Bridges, Circle the City and Healthcare for the Homeless provide health services, dental and eye referrals, and behavioral health referrals.

Volunteers in the dining room also run a “clothes closet” and hand out donated toiletry items for those living on the streets, such as travel-size toothpaste, deodorant, razors and soap. Those items will not be available until the hall reopens.

Residents interested in volunteering or donating to help support the rebuilding effort can go to stvincentdepaul.net or call 602-266-4483.

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THE WEEK AHEAD Comments sought on 14 Superior Court candidates Fourteen people are up for appointment to the Maricopa County Superior Court, and the county is seeking input on them.

The candidates are Michael Anderson, Michael Blair, Jessica Cotter, Kimberly Demarchi, Ronda Fisk, Michael Gottfried, Mark House, Michelle Johnson, Todd Lang, Michael Mandell, Scott Minder, Erin O’Brien Otis, Annilaurie Van Wie and Lisa VandenBerg.

The Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments will have a hearing about the candidates July 27 at 8:30 a.m. at the Arizona State Courts Building, 1501 W. Washington St., Conference Room 345 in Phoenix.

Written comments about candidates can be sent to the Commission at 1501 W. Washington St., Suite 221, Phoenix, Arizona 85007 or by email to jnc@courts.az.gov. Comments must arrive by July 25, and anonymous comments will not be considered.

The commission will recommend at least three nominees for each opening to Gov. Doug Ducey, who will appoint the new judges.

– RALPH ZUBIATE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Bashas’ collecting donations for wildfire relief Bashas’ stores throughout the East Valley are collecting for wildfire relief statewide. Cash donations can be made at any Bashas’, AJ’s or Food City store until the end of July.

Donations will help the Salvation Army provide emergency services and shelters to people displaced by the Cedar Fire near Show Low. – TRIBUNE REPORT

Game and Fish agency seeks award nominees The Arizona Game and Fish Commission is gathering nominations for its 2016 Commission Awards.

Arizonans who have contributed to conservation, the outdoors and the Game and Fish Department’s mission will be honored.

Among the categories offered are youth environmentalist of the year, volunteer of the year and award of excellence. Nominees may include individuals, organizations, clubs, foundations or government agencies.

Nominations are open until Aug. 12. To download a nomination form and for further instructions, go to azgfd.com/agency/commission/awards.

– RALPH ZUBIATE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Silent auction of photos to benefit Down syndrome group The Photographers Adventure Club (PAC) is hosting its Third Annual Silent Auction to benefit the Tempe-based Down Syndrome Network of Arizona. The auction will take place July 15-17 at the Maricopa County Home and Landscape show at the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale.

The auction will feature 150 framed original works donated by photographers.

Bids will be taken at the show and online at pacgivesback.org during the threeday event. Interested bidders can call 406-646-6477 or email info@PhotoAdvClub. com for more information.

– TRIBUNE REPORT

Microchipping, vaccination for pets offered at low cost The Arizona Animal Welfare League is offering low-cost microchipping and vaccination for cats and dogs this summer.

The organization will microchip pets at walk-in clinics for $20 per pet. Owners can also get pets vaccinated at the same clinic for $18 per vaccination or $45 for three vaccines.

“Microchips greatly increase the chance that you’ll get your pet back if he or she is ever lost or stolen,” said Judith Gardner, president & CEO of AAWL. Gardner cited a study that found that the return rate was 20 times higher for lost cats with microchips and 2.5 times higher for lost dogs, compared to those without microchips.

The organization is offering clinics this summer at Arizona Animal Welfare League’s Sonia Breslow Adoption Center in Phoenix. The clinics will be on July 16 and August 20 at 8 a.m. Owners must be in line by 11:30 a.m. to be seen.

For more information, go to www.aawl.org or call 602-358-7267.

– JARED MCDONALD, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

District 5 candidates to meet and greet voters at forum Candidates running for Congressional District 5 will be available for questions at a forum sponsored by the East Valley Chambers of Commerce Alliance.

The meet and greet will take place 5:30-8:30 p.m.

July 19 at The Falls Event Center, 4635 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert. The event is free.

For more information, contact Kathy Tilque at kathy@gilbertchamber.com – TRIBUNE REPORT

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Mesa tackles lack of early education programs for children

BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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ecognizing a need for more early childhood education, Mesa city officials may choose a city employee to lead the charge.

That suggestion tops the list presented to the City Council late last month by a task force created last November by Mayor John Giles.

The council didn’t take any formal action on the recommendations, but directed the city manager to develop a plan.

The task force examined the state of early learning in Mesa during its 500 hours of work.

It’s critical that children are given the opportunity to succeed academically so they can become part of the work force, task force members said in their report. That, in turn, would help the city continue to be sustainable and successful.

Business owners and managers want skilled workers, the committee said, and early childhood education boosts a child’s chances at success in the

workplace.

“We believe in our kids,” Mesa City Councilman David Luna said. Luna was chairman of the task force.

Currently, 36 percent of 4- and 5-yearolds in Mesa are enrolled in early care and education programs. That percentage is below the national average of 48 percent.

There are an estimated 31,238 kids in Mesa age 5 and younger. Today, there’s room for 14,886 of those kids in existing early learning facilities.

One in five Mesa children ages 5 and younger lives in poverty, Luna said.

Typically, wealthier families can afford to send their children to preschool, Luna said, but lower-income families often skip that program.

No state funding is allocated for early learning programs, which means new funding sources must be identified and secured, Luna said.

Task force members didn’t specifically identify funding sources, but offered suggestions, including reprioritizing existing resources, increasing taxes, seeking grants, advocating for state and federal funding and obtaining

philanthropic gifts.

Despite the absence of a funding source, the committee did set a timetable for work to be completed.

First up, by September, is to identify a city employee or employees to develop partnerships with existing early education entities and identify methods to measure results.

Next would be to establish an advisory committee with members from education, business, non-profit and government agencies. That board’s job would be to find how to expand and pay for services.

Third on the list is for supporters to demand that the state Legislature fund early learning programs.

The advisory committee would also need to find better ways to share information with parents about the availability and importance of early childhood education programs.

Specifically, they would need to target underserved areas of the city.

“As community leaders, we need to speak to our people about the importance and the value of this to our community,”

Luna said.

The program’s success would require an aggressive community awareness campaign, so people understand why an early learning program is valuable and will agree to support it financially.

Task force members said they realize that hiring quality teachers is critical to the program’s success. The members suggested that teachers who agree to teach in the program for five years would receive subsidies to obtain early childhood education teaching certification.

Mesa isn’t the only Arizona community looking at such efforts, Luna said. Both Phoenix and Tucson have similar studies underway. Across the United States many cities have free preschool programs, he said, including San Antonio, Boston, New York City, Seattle and Denver.

Giles is optimistic that Mesa can create such a unique program that it could become a model for other cities.

– Contact Shelley Ridenour at 480-898-6533 or sridenour@evtrib.com.

Chandler purchases special van to erase city’s graffiti problem

BY ERIC SMITH TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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he city of Chandler is adopting a new tool in its battle against urban blight and one of its chief culprits: graffiti.

On June 23, the city council approved the purchase of a van equipped with anti-graffiti tools, including power washers, a steamer and multiple paint sprayers, for $92,437.

“It’s going to be more practical for what I’m doing,” said Sal Rodriguez, the city’s graffiti abatement technician.

“Working with newer equipment always makes it easier.”

Rodriguez typically battles two types of graffiti. One is tagging, which can be more artistic and sporadic. The other is more insidious: gang-related graffiti that is typically used to mark territory or send signals to opposing gangs.

“Graffiti is pretty much a problem throughout the Valley,” said Det. R. Kelley of the Chandler Police Department’s gang unit, which deals with

all graffiti incidents. “We see a lot of that predominantly in downtown Chandler, but we do see gang graffiti everywhere.

Just because our gang problem is in downtown Chandler doesn’t mean we don’t have gang members in nicer areas.”

The problem for Kelley and the rest of the police department is that stopping graffiti is extremely difficult. Taggers are easily spooked and can escape quickly.

“Anybody doing graffiti is difficult to catch,” Kelley said. “They see a car coming and immediately put their markers away and walk away. We have to be able to catch them in the act in order to prosecute.”

When the graffiti go up, it falls to Rodriguez, whose been doing the job for three years, to take it down. His job will be that much easier when the new van arrives in a couple of months.

Kelley equates the graffiti cleanup to what is called the “broken window theory.” If one broken window in a neighborhood isn’t fixed, more broken windows tend to appear.

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Sal Rodriguez removes graffiti from a sign in downtown Chandler. The city’s new $92,000 van, equipped with anti-graffiti tools, will help him in his task.

“Obviously it’s unsightly, and a lot of times (the graffiti) is derogatory,” he said. “You fix the problems in the neighborhood, and the neighborhood stays nice.”

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Kerry Ocheltree and Michael Maiorana won a contest sponsored by Power 98.3, 101.9 and 20th Century Fox to be married at a sneak preview of “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.”

Contest winners get married before movie

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ince Gilbert residents Kerry Ocheltree and Michael Maiorana became engaged last year, they have been scrimping and saving to have the ceremony in 2018.

“Every time we had a little bit of time to save, something would happen,” Ocheltree said. “We didn’t want anything gigantic. A lot of my family is from Missouri and we wanted everyone to be present, but it just wasn’t possible.”

So, when a friend suggested they enter a contest sponsored by Power

98.3, 101.9 and 20th Century Fox to be married at a sneak preview of “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” they jumped at the chance.

Ocheltree, 28, and Maiorana, 31, were the lucky winners. In addition to the wedding, they won a cake, a ceremony arch, 75-foot white aisle runner, bouquet and boutonniere and photography services. Forty seats were reserved for their family and friends.

“It was incredible,” Ocheltree said.

“We had been trying to save and we looked around at venues. I attended bridal shows. I already had my dress.”

Power 98.3 streamed the wedding live on its Facebook page so her whole family—as well as thousands others— could view it.

“It was just absolutely amazing,” said Ocheltree, who works for Banner Health Hospital. “Who would have thought we would win a contest and 24 hours later be married by a DJ and have it streamed all over the world?”

Despite the film’s raunchy undertones, Ocheltree said the audience was respectful.

“There were a lot of people who cried who were complete strangers,” she said.

“It’s definitely crazy. Everybody clapped

when I walked down the aisle. Everybody came together and it was so perfect.”

“Traditional” hasn’t exactly been in the couple’s vocabulary since they met online. Their first date was at a haunted house. Maiorana acted as the protector when Ocheltree was scared.

“Everything seemed to work out after that,” he said with a laugh.

The self-described nerds love all things superheroes and are considering going to Disneyland for their honeymoon— when they can muster the money.

The wedding ceremony was a blessing, Maiorana said. However, nothing beat what happened with McKenna, Maiorana’s 7-year-old daughter from his first marriage.

“She just absolutely cried during the entire wedding,” said Ocheltree, who serves as McKenna’s Girl Scout leader. “When we walked out from the ceremony, we told her that we loved her and hugged her.

“She said, ‘I’m just so happy that you’re finally and officially my mom.’ That was the best moment ever.”

– Contact Christina Fuoco-Karasinski at 480898-5612 or christina@timespublications.com.

Gilbert Chamber CEO Tilque reflects on two decades at the helm

BY SRIANTHI PERERA TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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athy Tilque got caught in the whirlwind that was Gilbert a couple of decades ago—when the town was doubling its population every five years.

The Arizona transplant joined the staff of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce in 1991 when its membership was 250 and a mere 27,000 people called the town home.

After she became chamber CEO in 1996, Gilbert grew from about 60,000 to today’s 235,000, while the chamber boosted its membership to 650.

“Our community was growing at a time where I was growing. So we did it together,” said Tilque, who is celebrating 20 years at the Chamber’s helm with an open house from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Tilque was privy to some of the town’s growing pains: the hesitancy on the

Frank DeRosa presented Kathy Tilque with flowers at the Gilbert Chamber’s Annual Business Awards luncheon in June. DeRosa, the owner of Advance Paper & Maintenance Supply, was the chairman of the Chamber’s board of directors in 1996, when Tilque became its CEO.

part of large stores to locate to the town until its population reached the magic number of 50,000; the opposition to developing the Water Tower Park in

what’s today called the Heritage District (residents deemed it a waste of taxpayer money to clean up the lead paint on the tower and spruce its surroundings); and the reluctance to give up agricultural acres in favor of smaller, residential lots.

“People wanted to come, but what they wanted to do was to shut the gate and not let anyone else come in after them,” Tilque recalled. “They wanted to keep the pristine, large lots and see the mountains. Those were really challenging times.”

During those early times, there was also opposition to a business locating close to a residence.

“Now, we get more people complaining because they have to go too far,” Tilque said. “It’s interesting to see how that dynamic has shifted.”

Over the years, the chamber played a significant role in shaping a pro-business climate and heralding its economic transition from rural beginnings. It

has also helped shape leaders with the Gilbert Leadership program that will mark its 25th anniversary next year.

“None of us did it on our own,” said Tilque, who holds the title of Certified Chamber Executive, the highest that can be earned by a chamber executive nationally. “We all worked together.”

Looking into the future, Tilque sees fresh challenges looming, chief among them, how to fund long-term infrastructure needs at a time when the town is nearing buildout and real estate sourced taxes and funding is whittling down.

As for her, retirement is not on the horizon yet, although it is in the distant future. She’s looking forward to spending more time with her four grandchildren, all of whom live nearby.

– Contact Srianthi Perera at 480-898-5613 or srianthi@timespublications.com.

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Chandler, Gilbert adopt grassroots approach to fight prescription drug abuse

BY SRIANTHI PERERA TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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handler and Gilbert have a new force to counter prescription drug misuse.

Facing common issues, representatives from the two cities have formed the Chandler-Gilbert Substance Abuse Task Force to address the opioid medication and other drug dependency issues prevalent in the area.

In a 2014 survey of 12th graders in Maricopa County by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, 15 percent of high school seniors admitted using prescription pain medications.

In the same year, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,211 overdoses statewide, while across the country, more than 1,700 young adults died from prescription overdose, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Steven R. Brown has run the Renaissance Recovery Center in Gilbert for 15 years and receives about 10-15 telephone calls each week from people struggling with addiction to prescription drugs, while half to two-thirds of those he treats suffer from the same issue.

“Over the years, I have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people struggling with painkiller addiction,” he said. “It’s fairly a common pattern for people to start using prescription opioids and become highly dependent.

They then graduate to other substances.”

In both Chandler and Gilbert, grassroots initiatives to fight drug abuse are nothing new.

Chandler Coalition on Youth Substance Abuse, called CCYSA, has been focusing on prescription drug use for more than six years. Following on the heels of a successful initiative of the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, the nonprofit began its own RX360 Initiative in October last year.

Gilbert Mayor John Lewis spearheaded a Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Task Force a few months ago, with a focus on education.

Ted Huntington, CCYSA’s community programs coordinator, said that it’s time to “break down the silos.”

“We’re a group of people coming in and focusing on a vision,” he said. “Each individual is playing their part in the community to bring change in the most effective way.”

The new initiative has a five sector

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Stephanie Siete, director of community education at Community Bridges in Mesa and a member of the Chandler-Gilbert Substance Abuse Task Force, speaks at the unveiling of Arizona’s first sharps/ syringe disposal kiosk at the Gilbert Police Department’s lobby. Police departments of Chandler and Gilbert provide drug disposal bins that are accessible 24 hours a day. To find a nearby location, visit acpa.net and click on “Got Drugs.”

approach: healthcare providers, pharmacists/dispensers, law enforcement, education/prevention and rehabilitation collaborate to provide a unified solution.

One of the biggest bugbears is the quantity and frequency of oftenaddictive painkillers that are prescribed by the medical profession.

Dr. Sandy Indermuhle, ER director at Dignity Health, which runs Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, has worked to reduce the amounts of medication being prescribed at the hospitals.

Rather than issuing consecutive prescriptions for pain medication, she has directed physicians to refer the patients to a pain management specialist.

“We really want one person in control of their pain medication than different physicians,” she said. “I’m just trying to encourage my physicians to use that as well when they see someone with a chronic pain complaint.”

Instructions on how to safely store and dispose of medications are provided to patients leaving the hospital, in particular if they have children in the home. Police departments of both cities provide drug disposal bins that are accessible 24 hours a day.

Also, Indermuhle has reminded physicians to use the Arizona Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which enables doctors and pharmacists to check a patient’s prescription history and intervene with those who are abusing medications.

Indermuhle concedes that people will still find illegal ways to obtain their drugs. “But if we can cut down on the amount that we are writing and making available, I think that would help a lot,” she said.

Liz Beck helps in the back end of the prescription drug epidemic. Redeemed 2 Repeat, the nonprofit she set up in Gilbert, works to provide transition to addicts who have completed a treatment program and are moving on with their lives.

“With the way that life functions, it’s very overwhelming,” she said. “If people don’t have other people in their life that’s helping them, their instinct is to just go

back into a life of addiction because that’s what they know.”

Redeemed 2 Repeat operates without a residential facility, but organizes a weekly support group meeting at Sovereign Grace Church in Gilbert. At a given time, the group works with about 35 patients.

“What we bring to the task force is a connection to the local church,” Beck said. “All we’re trying to figure out is how we can get the church more involved with the issue of addiction.”

High school students are also a focus of the effort. In the fall, CCYSA is organizing a competition titled “Silent Killer” for students to create a public service announcement on preventing substance abuse.

“The great benefit of that is getting the teens more involved, and chances are, to think about it and to share with their families and use it as a talking point,” said Melissa Kowalski, chief programs officer.

Although the two cities’ partnership is in its early stages and, as it evolves, the results may differ from expectations, participants nurture hopes of positive results.

“Partnerships are always a bridge,” Mayor Lewis said. “At this point, it’s more we see an open door to information, to resources and to expertise that will help our Gilbert community, and we are grateful for it.”

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$56 million sports complex won’t be on November ballot A $56 million sports and tournament complex slated for East Mesa won’t go before the voters this November.

City council members have decided to delay the measure. The complex itself had not been fully embraced since it was unveiled last year by the Visit Mesa tourism group.

The proposal calls for a dual-stadium facility near Brown Road and Loop 202. The complex features 24 fields, 8,000 seats and a 110,000-square-foot fieldhouse.

Mesa ballplayer to compete in MLB Pitch, Hit & Run finals A Mesa ballplayer is one of 40 finalists at the Scotts MLB Pitch, Hit & Run competition at the 2016 MLB All-Star Game in San Diego.

Luke McInelly is competing in the Ages 9 & 10 Division. The Pitch, Hit & Run National Finals will take place at noon Monday before the T-Mobile Home Run Derby.

Scotts MLB Pitch, Hit & Run encourages youth players to develop their pitching, hitting and running skills. Competitions began at the local level and continued through sectional and team championships.

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an “The Beast” Severn has held many titles throughout his extensive wrestling and mixed martial arts career—ASU wrestling and UFC hall of famer, Olympic alternate, teacher, coach. On July 4, the release of his autobiography added a new title to his repertoire: “The Realest Guy in the Room.”

The former ASU alumnus and professional cage fighter’s book, co-authored by Ian Douglass, chronicles his humble beginnings in rural Michigan, his amateur wrestling days in Tempe and his not-so-humble professional MMA career that included over 100 fights spanning over 20 years.

“The fact of the matter is, what he did in his career is unprecedented,” Douglass said. “The easiest thing to do was just to tell the facts.”

His accomplishments in the cage fighting and wrestling world alone are enough to render him a legend. He prepped fighters at his training camp, coached military and law enforcement defense tactics, gave motivational speeches and substitute taught at schools in rural Michigan. He may seem intimidating and irreverent, but his “realness” is unwavering.

Severn started his amateur wrestling career in 1969. He was teaching by 1971 and had won his first national title in 1972. He said the thought of becoming a professional mixed martial artist didn’t even cross his mind until 1992.

That was the same year he bought a 10,000 square foot storage facility in Coldwater, Michigan, that now serves as a wrestling gym and training camp for fighters.

Severn is the first world-class wrestler to ever enter the cage fighting arena.

He came on the scene during MMA’s no-holds-barred era, when there were only two official rules: no biting and no eye-gouging.

Severn’s career was a mix of good timing, ruthless grit, determination and an unprecedented level of athletic skill that brought him national attention at an early age.

By his senior year of high school, he had accrued 8 national wrestling championships, which is still a national record. He attended Arizona State on a wrestling scholarship in 1976.

“As a freshman at Arizona State, he was a legitimate national sensation,” Douglass said. “To him, Tempe is

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According to Severn, Arizona State University has produced more worldclass UFC athletes than any other university.

Severn, now 58, was given his moniker “The Beast” by NFL hall of famer Jim Brown during his time as a commentator for the UFC. Douglass said “The Realest Guy in the Room” is a catchphrase coined by WWE tag team Enzo Amore and Big Cass. He said that precisely captured Severn’s presence in the MMA and wrestling world.

“In the world of fake wrestling, when Dan Severn was in the locker room, he was the realest guy in the room,” Douglass said. “You have these guys who play these characters that are super tough, but backstage when the cameras are off, he’s still the most legitimate athlete … because he proved it in a real setting.”

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Does Brexit have anything in common with Trump? Hope not

BY MIKE MCCLELLAN TRIBUNE CONTRIBUTOR

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The Brexit is coming! The Brexit is coming!”

That was a panicked reaction to the vote for Great Britain to leave the European Union.

Factors playing into that election seem to portend something similar in our presidential election.

And it is true that some of the factors in the Brexit vote have played out in our election.

There was anger at income inequality, suspicion of experts, distrust of government, fear of immigration.

All of which have helped fuel the success of Donald Trump’s campaign so far.

So when some tried to apply the Brexit to the U.S., they suggested that it presages a future President Trump.

Maybe so. But before some celebrate while others agonize, we might want to look at another part of the Brexit: the aftermath.

Which also parallels Trump.

Here’s why. Like Trump, the politicians who pushed the Brexit proved most adept

at one thing: pushing a load of flimflam on people who wanted to believe it. And voted accordingly.

So only days after the vote, those politicians are retreating from the claims they made to persuade Brits to leave.

One of their big argument, similar to Trump’s, was about limiting immigration.

They argued that leaving the EU would stop immigration to Great Britain.

Oops. Now those same people have said, “Frankly, if people watching think that they have voted and there is now going to be zero immigration from the E.U., they are going to be disappointed.” In fact, little about current immigration policy can be done prior to 2020 at the earliest.

And Trump? Well, he’s going to deport all 11 million illegal immigrants, though he’ll let the “good ones” back in.

Except in an off-the-record meeting with the New York Times, he said that was just a starting point in negotiations.

And Muslims? Remember how he loudly pronounced that as president, he would have “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

Except now he’s calling for only

denying immigration to “certain people coming from certain horrible—where you have tremendous terrorism in the world, you know what those places are.”

Muslims and non-Muslims? Who knows, since Trump isn’t saying.

Another claim the British politicians are walking back is the economic boon leaving the EU would have on Great Britain.

They repeatedly promised that the 350 million pounds a week sent to the EU would flow instead to Britain’s National Health Service.

Oops. That was “a mistake,” said the most prominent Brexit spokesman, Nigel Farage. And another said that was just an “extrapolated” number, that they had no idea just how much would go into Britain’s health system. That in fact the number failed to take into account the amount coming into Britain each week.

And Trump?

Like these Brits, Trump has practiced the bait-and-switch with money.

Specifically, his tax plan.

Trump likes to tell us he’s for the little guy, that he will go after the Fat Cats running our country. About taxes, in

May, he said that “I am willing to pay more. And you know what? Wealthy are willing to pay more.”

Except his current tax plan, released last September, does just the opposite.

According to the Tax Policy Center, 67 percent of the tax cuts in his plan go to the top 20 percent, and 35 percent go to the top 1 percent. And add $10 trillion to the national debt.

So yes, the Brexit does indeed have some lessons for us. That bombastic promises hide a disturbing reality far removed from what is advertised.

And one more lesson from the Brexit: Today, there is buyer’s remorse across Great Britain, once those who voted for it actually realize what they have done.

Over 3,000,000 Brits have signed a petition to have a revote.

Maybe that will happen. But here in the U.S., the presidential election is not subject to a do over. We need to remember that so that the many “promises” of Trump don’t bamboozle enough voters to put him into office.

– Mike McClellan is a Gilbert resident and former English teacher at Dobson High School in Mesa.

Election features terrible candidate for president – and terrible opponent

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ TRIBUNE COLUMNIST

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he realization hit home for me on the Fourth of July, when I peeked at the calendar and noticed Election Day 2016 looming only four months away. Because I’m a fellow who operates more out of my intellect than is healthy, I began to fret and stew over the choice ahead on November 8th.

Namely, do I vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump for president?

Now understand, I get the whole Electoral College thing. I know that the full weight of the republic is unlikely to rest upon my choice for the highest office

in the land. And I get that Libertarian Gary Johnson, a smart, principled man, also will be on the ballot, providing a fallback position for perhaps one in 10 of us who will decide we can’t vote for Clinton or Trump. But me, I see myself as a man of action, up to any challenge regardless of the consequences.

There will be no copping out here. I will find some way to decide between Clinton and Trump if it kills me— which sounds like a much better option than watching coverage of the upcoming political conventions from Cleveland and Philly.

Why is this selection so tough? Three reasons.

One, I’m neither a Democrat nor a

Republican, so I can’t simply go with my team’s choice. Two, I’ve developed a visceral loathing for virtually everything about Hillary Clinton, from the gutchurning pitch of her voice to her cavalier emailing habits. And three, I am convinced beyond a scintilla of doubt that no nominee in this nation’s history is less emotionally and intellectually equipped to be president than Donald Trump.

That sound you hear? That’s about 20 percent of American voters nodding along in unison at the above paragraph.

We, the undecided, we’re not in “choosing between the lesser of two evils” territory here. We’re stuck trying to make up our minds between what

feels like two painfully unattractive forms of slow suicide. There’s death by insincerity and terminal political partisanship—Madame President Clinton—or potentially literal death at the nuclear finger of a narcissistic loon with skin thinner than Saran Wrap— President Trump.

Right. To quote potential First Man Bill Clinton, you feel my pain, don’t you?

As a political independent with leftof-center leanings on social issues, I have common ground with Clinton on gay marriage and abortion rights.

The trouble is, those are intellectual See OPPONENT on page 16

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks for Chandler officer’s kindness

I want to inform as many people that I can about the kindness of Chandler police Officer Zackary Bansner.

Recently, my family tragically lost our 14-year-old dog Taylor in a drowning accident. My wife found our dog and began crying hysterically. During my attempts to save the animal, my 12-yearold daughter called 911. I was upset at her for doing so, but I knew she, like all of us, were panic-stricken.

Minutes later, Officer Bansner arrived at our door. I cannot express the level of kindness and understanding he demonstrated. He walked into our backyard and attempted to help revive the dog. It was unfortunately hopeless.

Officer Bansner knew how upset my family was and he picked up the wet animal and took it to his squad car to take to the 24 Hour Animal Clinic in Chandler.

He stayed and consoled me, my wife and my 2 children. He was extremely caring, completely above what he would have ever needed to do or be expected to do.

The clinic had time to clean and prepare our pet and my kids had the opportunity to say goodbye to our Taylor in a peaceful, clean setting at the clinic, thanks to Officer Bansner.

I want to say thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you for your level of care and understanding. We appreciate you.

– Rick Docekal – Chandler

Leibowitz not for the humor-impaired

I believe that the best course of action for a person with no sense of humor is to avoid David Leibowitz’s columns at all cost.

It’s just too mentally taxing, apparently.

David’s recent column (“Order a coffee from a person and you’ll see why robots are the future,” June 12) elicited a hilarious mental picture of someone actually throwing ice cubes on the roof of their hot house, and has now become a family joke when our house gets too hot. We yell out for someone to go up and throw ice cubes on the roof!

David’s column has become our favorite thing to read in the Tribune. Keep them coming, David. We’re ready for you.

– Anna Hois – Mesa

GOP is in the NRA’s deep pockets

One of the ways the GOP’s says the Democratic candidate is unreliable is by claiming that she is in Wall Street’s pocket.

At the same time, the GOP claims that it is reluctant to even discuss gun control issues because of the desire to protect the sanctity of the Second Amendment. But its real allegiance is to the NRA and the financial gains Republicans greedily scoop up from the organization.

According to NRAcongress.com, the top beneficiaries in Arizona of the gun lobby are Sen. John McCain, with an intake of $30,000; Rep. Matt Salmon, with $23,500, and Sen. Jeff Flake, with $18,400. Four other GOP representatives sold themselves for $7,000 to $18,000.

Sen. McCain also reportedly received millions from the NRA for his 2008 campaign. If they can so easily accuse others of being in the pocket of outside interests, how can they deny their “paid for” obligation and allegiance to their financial masters?

On Monday, June 20, four gun-control proposals were presented to the Senate, but as expected, all were denied thanks to legislators who are more loyal to the NRA than the 92 percent of American citizens who favor some restrictions to gun ownership. The restrictions do not endanger the Second Amendment, just as rules against slander and libel do not hamper the First Amendment.

The proposals were reasonable regulations to keep guns from the hands of those who are on terror and no-fly lists or may have may have a tendency to engage in mass killings.

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Clinton could read aloud the wedding vows I wrote to marry my amazing wife, and I would immediately disagree with every last word. In a normal election, I would vote against Clinton rather than for her opponent. The trouble is—Trump.

Every time I see the man on TV— which is every time you watch TV—I keep waiting for a gong to crash and for Chuck Barris to come out and tell us this was all performance art gone horribly

wrong. From Trump’s anti-immigrant spewing to his tone-deaf chauvinism to his high schooler’s grasp of economic policy, everything about the man screams the exact opposite of a leader up to solving what ails this country.

For months now, people have compared Trump’s candidacy to watching a train wreck. Across the aisle, Republicans say the same thing about Clinton. Actually, that’s a horrible metaphor.

We’re not watching the train wreck.

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Grace Burkhardt of Mesa was cruising yard sales with her son Fourth of July weekend when she spotted a sign for Red Mountain Cattle Co. at the end of Val Vista Drive.

Ranch started out as afterthought, now sells premier beef

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ed Mountain Cattle Co., a premier provider of grass-fed beef in North Mesa, started out so casually, you’d be hard-pressed to even call it a hobby.

Scott Tyler’s primary business was training horses and providing a first-class riding and boarding facility. Since the 44 acres he owns at 3811 N. Val Vista Drive included 22 acres of pristine pasture, Tyler figured he ought to own a small herd of cattle.

Like many small ranchers, he sold the cows off to feedlots, where they were fattened up on grain before going to market, and didn’t give the operation too much thought.

When Tyler first met Tim Kenney seven years ago, his life got a lot more complicated and adventurous.

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to the annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show; a custom car builder at the time, Kenney had extra tickets to an upcoming Barrett-Jackson car auction. They swapped.

As the two got to know each other better, Kenney—now Red Mountain’s

sales manager—suggested that Tyler try selling grass-fed beef to customers at farmers’ markets.

The foodies who showed up at their first few markets in Mesa, Ahwatukee and other neighborhoods knew a lot more about the food chain than Kenney

(Mike Butler/Tribune Staff)

Sales manager Tim Kenney checks the herd frequently to see how the cows and bees are doing. “Cows are easy compared to bees,” he said.

and Tyler did. They asked if the grass was genetically modified. They wanted detailed answers about how the meat was processed. Kenney and Tyler didn’t always have the answer. More than a few potential customers said they’d have to tour the ranch before they bought.

It became clear that casual wasn’t going to cut it if they wanted to make it in this business.

“We got an education by buyer,” Tyler said.

Today, of course, the answers flow quickly and confidently.

Red Mountain’s 40 head, mostly Angus, graze on non-genetically modified grass, mostly kikuyu. They’re given no steroids or antibiotics and live a pampered, stressfree life. When they reach the age of two and 1,000 pounds, they’re taken to West Valley Processing and humanely killed with a .22 Magnum. After the blood is drained and the valuable skin is removed, the carcass is sawed into two sides.

Kenney said what happens next veers significantly from typical beef processing.

The sides are sprayed with white vinegar to keep bacterial growth in check, then hung in cold storage to dry age for 21 days. After three weeks, the sides are butchered into steaks, roasts and ground beef and then flash frozen. Red Mountain gets about 400 pounds of finished meat back.

Kenney said mass-processed beef is usually butchered right away so that cuts can wet age in plastic packs. Producers and supermarkets like wet aging because it only takes a few days and there is no moisture loss or shrinkage.

After many requests, Red Mountain recently opened a small retail shop at the ranch, called Mother’s Marketplace, which is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the summer.

Flank steaks, flatirons and skirt steaks are $18 per pound. T-bones are also $18 and rib-eyes are $24. Hamburger is $8.

The store also carries honey harvested from hives in the pasture, as well as free-range chicken and nest-run eggs.

Customers are told to bring cash or a check and call 480-735-8838 before they leave because Kenney and Tyler are often out working in the stables or fields.

– Reach Mike Butler at 480-898-6581 or at mbutler@ timespublications.com.

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Natural Grocers to open 2 Gilbert stores this week

Gilbert carpet-cleaning firm hires new marketing director Zerorez of Phoenix, a Gilbert-based carpetcleaning business, recently hired Kristin Boston as marketing director.

Boston will be responsible for overseeing advertising and marketing efforts as well as identifying and developing new ways to reach customers. She brings more than a decade of marketing and advertising experience to her position.

Prior to joining Zerorez of Phoenix, Boston worked in sponsorship sales for the Phoenix Suns as well as in advertising for iHeartMedia. She graduated from the University of Redlands in California with a bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing.

ICAN youth program group announces new CEO ICAN: Positive Programs for Youth recently appointed Shelby Pedersen to CEO of the organization.

Pedersen is a native of Colorado, where she earned her bachelor’s in marketing and international leadership at Johnson & Wales University and Sejong University in Seoul, South Korea. In 2006, she moved to Chandler, completing her master’s degree in Public Administration at Arizona State University.

Since 2008, Shelby has worked with a variety of community leaders, individual donors, corporations and foundations to secure funding for ICAN’s various programs.

Western State Bank announces new supervisor Amber Fuller was recently promoted to Personal Banker/Customer Service Representative Supervisor at Western State Bank. Her responsibilities include loans and deposits, and overseeing the customer service

Inspire Business Concepts adds new assistant Phoenix-based strategic marketing company Inspire Business Concepts announced that Sydney Madsen has joined its team as a Marketing Assistant.

Madsen attended Mesa Community College on Presidential and tennis scholarships, graduating with an associate’s degree in business. She then transferred to Arizona State University and will be graduating with a B.A. in Business Law and a B.S. in Marketing next spring.

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at both locations at 7:55 a.m., and then the first 50 customers in line will receive mystery gift cards. The cards will be in the amount of $5, $10, $25, $50 and $100.

Natural Grocers will employ approximately 60 people at its Gilbert locations.

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representatives.

Fuller joined Western in 2013 as a customer service representative. Before then, Fuller worked at Bank of America for seven years.

Originally from Mesa, Fuller now lives in Chandler where she is involved with Arizona Brain Food and the Chandler Service Club.

Asian-American supermarket H Mart coming to Mesa New Jersey-based H Mart, an upscale Asian-American supermarket chain, will open its first Arizona store at the southwest corner of Main Street and Dobson Road in West Mesa.

H Mart will invest more than $7 million in renovations in its flagship Arizona store and will employ approximately 100 people. The new store will stock more than 40,000 items featuring a wide variety of Asian, Hispanic and American foods and related products.

The store will also include a pharmacy, cosmetics store, gift shop and an Asian food court. H Mart will also host as many as seven restaurants and a Korean bakery.

Construction is expected to take approximately five months, with an anticipated opening in 11 to 12 months.

Whole Foods to be built in Tempe neighborhood The Tempe City Council has given the go-ahead to a new development that includes a Whole Foods and new apartment complex at University Drive and Ash Avenue.

According to KTAR.com, Colorado-based Alberta Development Partners LLC paid $6.1 million for the land, less than 2 vacant acres at the northwest corner of University Drive and Ash Avenue.

The construction will include a 41,000-square-foot, two-story grocery with a parking garage over the store and apartments higher up.

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Punching their tickets

Two local athletes overcome adversity to qualify for Rio I

BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

t’s easy to perform at a high level when the conditions are optimal, athletes say.

When things are off-kilter or unfamiliar, they have to make adjustments to overcome the adversity.

Synchro diver Sam Dorman and gymnast Alex Naddour were able to do just that on their way to earning trips to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.

Dorman, 24, who grew up in Tempe, headed to the Olympic Trials for synchronized diving without ever competing previously with teammate Michael Hixon.

It was hard to tell that on June 22 when the duo won the U.S. 3-meter synchro diving title. They led from the start to snag a place on the team headed to Rio. “If you work hard, you can do anything no matter what time constraint,” Dorman said. “I tried to stay even-keel and level-headed and not think about the outcome.”

Dorman won three state titles for Marcos de Niza in diving before heading to Miami (Florida) on scholarship, where he won a national title as a senior in 2014-15.

In a Tribune feature story before the state meet in 2009, Dorman said his goal was to qualify for the 2012 or 2016 Olympics.

And now, he has with a new teammate he had to get synchronized with quickly.

Lineup changes were made at a National team camp in March, and practice time was also limited. Dorman, who lives in Miami, was laid up for some time with a herniated disc in his back.

Team Dorman-Hixon finished with a score of 1308.36 to top Troy Dumais and Kristen Ipsen, who tallied 1260.39 to also punch their ticket to Rio. “Sam is absolutely at the top of his game,” Miami diving coach Randy Ableman said before the meet. “He’s in perfect shape. He’s doing the hardest dives in the world, and doing them spectacularly.”

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Diver Sam Dorman (top) and teammate Michael Hixon won the U.S. 3-meter synchro diving title and are headed to Rio.

For Naddour, who lives in Queen Creek, his qualification came in his second attempt after being an alternate in 2012. He barely missed out on making the five-man team in one of the Olympics’ most popular events.

There is no missing out this time.

In preparation for the London Games, he had to go through all the team camps and workouts with essentially zero chance of competing. He ended up sitting in the stands watching his fellow Americans compete.

“It was the hardest thing to do in my career,” he said. “I was essentially on the team, but not being able to get out there.

“At the same time it made me that more motivated being that close to my goal.”

Naddour, who trains in Gilbert at his father’s USA Youth Fitness Center,

scored at least 15.075 in every event at the St. Louis Olympic Trials.

The 25-year-old Highland graduate has been among the world’s best in pommel horse for years—he is a four-time national champion and a two-time world finalist—but he finally put it all together.

He won the pommel at trails, was third on rings, sixth on floor exercise and eighth on vault, It took some adversity to get to this point. He left the University of Oklahoma in 2011 over a disagreement with his coach. Then at the 2013 World Championships, Naddour was left off the roster for the all-around competition even though he finished second at in nationals.

While it bothered him and focused his training, this year’s jump to the top

five just might have had something to do with the arrival of daughter, Lilah.

His wife, former medal-winning gymnast Hollie Vise, accommodated every need he had heading into Trials. She didn’t let him stray too far from family.

She even washed his Trials uniform in the baby’s detergent.

“So much has changed over the last four years,” he said. “We have a house and we are married. The biggest lifealtering aspect has been becoming a father. It changes your perspective and now everything I do is for my family.

“I will be an Olympian, and a father, the rest of my life.”

– Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@ evtrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @JasonPSkoda.

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Holmes leads East Valley wrestlers heading to Fargo J

BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

ason Holmes did something he regrets, something that robbed him of an opportunity and left him searching for answers.

It was clear that changes needed to be made. There was too much at stake. As good as the Chandler senior was on the mat, life outside didn’t have much structure.

It was never clearer than when he and a teammate were caught eating food they didn’t pay for and led to their suspension from sectionals.

It meant Holmes was not eligible for the state tournament and put his career in jeopardy.

The one thing he knew for sure was that he wasn’t going to allow one bad decision to define him.

“I want to show people I’m more than a good wrestler; that I am a good person, too,” he said. “It made me feel like I had more to prove to people.”

Holmes has never had much trouble on the mat. He was a national champion last summer in freestyle and was named All-American at Junior National Duals last month.

He’s made changes off the mat as well with help from Arizona State national champion and former Seton Catholic coach Eric Larkin, who has helped him with structure in and out of the practice room.

“He’s made big changes and shown a lot of growth,” Larkin said. “Every day, he is looking to be the best guy in the (practice) room, and he is trying to do that in life as well.

“His attitude toward the sport has changed, and he tries to get the most out of every minute of every practice. He is doing everything he can to get better.”

Holmes is expecting the new approach to pay off in Fargo, North Dakota, this coming week as Team Arizona heads out of state for the Cadet and Junior National Championships in freestyle and GrecoRoman, which begin on July 18.

Holmes will be part of the Junior team that is expected to push the limit on Arizona’s success in Fargo with several competitors in the running for national titles. Seton Catholic three-time state champion Quentin Hovis, who will wrestle for Poway, California, could contend for a title, as could Desert Edge two-time champion Brandon Courtney.

Ironwood Ridge three-time champions Danny Vega, Holmes and others also have

title aspirations.

“I know I am coming back with two titles,” Holmes said. “A lot of us have a shot.”

Holmes, who was the heavy favorite to win the Division I 106-pound title before the suspension, feels he has reached a different level since losing out on the chance to win his first state title last year.

“It’s not the training part of it,” he said.

“I’ve always trained hard. I’m stronger mentally now. I approach everything with a different attitude.”

Team Arizona has taken a different approach over the last few years with coaches and individuals coming together during the summer.

A lot is expected of this group of juniors, especially those in their second year of competition at this age level, and the cadets could end up with more than a few All-Americans, as well.

“We made some changes with a lot of coaches coming together awhile back,” Larkin said. “We put the kids first and what we need to do to get them in a better position to succeed. Some of the coaches were saying this could be a really good year with the juniors going back for their second year now more experienced.”

One of those is Desert Vista’s Chad Porter, who finished as an All-American in Greco as a second-year cadet in 2014, but didn’t find the podium as a junior last year.

“It was a big jump,” Porter said. “I knew it was going to be harder, but now I know what to expect.”

Porter has grown into one of the state’s top linebackers heading into the 2016 season. He won the Division I 195pound title in February to give him confidence heading into this event. He missed out on Junior Duals because of a death in the family.

“It’s good to be back in the room working on things with these guys,” Porter said. “We have two weeks to get ready. I’m ready to put in work and go out and compete.”

Football’s off-season workouts ended for Porter just in time for a two-week camp at Arizona State’s wrestling complex.

He is among nearly 80 wrestlers, most of them from the East Valley, preparing to take on the country’s top summer tournament.

“We’ve taken a lot of steps to make sure

we are ready for this time of year,” Larkin said. “We will be ready to go.

Fargo is where you are tested. It shows you where you are compared to the national level.”

– Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@evtrib.com.

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(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer) Jason Holmes and the Arizona State University Wrestling team warms up before practice. Team Arizona heads out of state for the Cadet and Junior National Championships in freestyle and GrecoRoman, which begins July 18.

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Arizona Inn transcends time, emanates beauty in Tucson

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heck in and chill out.” That’s the mantra of the Arizona Inn in Tucson. With its lush grounds, tasty drinks, friendly staff and heavenly beds, it’s easy to do just that.

The Arizona Inn prides itself on personal service. Upon check-in, we were greeted by the friendly front desk staff, who offered to give us a tour.

The bellhop shared the history behind the pink-hued boutique inn that boasts 92 rooms and suites spread over 14 acres of gardens, fountains, flowers and lawns.

The inn, which is less than a mile from the University of Arizona and its hospital, has been owned and operated by the same family since its debut in 1930. Isabella Greenway opened the property 85 years ago because there were no luxury hotels in Tucson.

Once we arrived in our suite, we were dazzled. A wall-mounted television, and modern furniture and amenities juxtaposed the property nicely. The New York Times was delivered daily on the patio, giving the suite a homey feel.

The bed was worth the trip. They can be somewhat tricky at times for me, considering I’ve had three spinal fusions. The mattress here was soft, but it supported me at the same time.

The white comforter was fluffy and light, which made it perfect for a cool spring night.

The night of our trip, we checked out the centerpiece of the hotel—its pool.

The attraction and its recently renovated archway, or pergola, boasts a nearby bar and an indoor lounge with comfy couches and games.

Young guests get a kick out of the Arizona Inn’s homemade ice cream that is served poolside April to October.

During our visit, we piled on the toppings making monster sundaes.

The real highlight is the Audubon Bar,

which rivals another Tucson hotspot, Tanque Verde Ranch, for the best prickly pear margarita. A little nervous about trying an Arizona favorite? We also imbibed the Arizona Inn Margarita, which is made with Jose Cuervo Silver Tequila, triple sec and lime juice. The bar menu also features summery sips like a minty mojito and a Moscow mule.

Temperatures are a tad cooler than in the Valley in Tucson, and there are plenty of nearby attractions to check out during a stay at the Arizona Inn. The inn is offering rates starting at $129 for summer. This year, too, the Arizona Inn is inviting guests to share their memorable stories and photos via Facebook. The hotel will select one winning entry in December to receive a grand prize two-night stay, including meals.

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Emo heavyweights help Learn. Connect. revive stalled tour Stay Sharp.

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Taking Back Sunday includes, from left, Mark O’Connell, bassist Shaun Cooper, singer Adam Lazzara, bassist John Nolan and guitarist Eddie Reyes.

pushed themselves that much further. When I hear what Mark and Shaun have come up with, I can’t believe it’s the band I’m in.”

Taking Back Sunday fans can get a aking Back Sunday has seen its fair preview of “Tidal Wave” when the band share of lineup changes revolve performs along with Dashboard around singer Adam Lazzara.

Confessional, Saosin with Anthony But now that the same guys have Green and The Early November as the worked with Lazzara for three albums, Rockstar Energy Drink Presents Taste of it’s time for Chaos tour him, bassist on Thursday, IF YOU GO John Nolan, July 14, at What: Rockstar Energy Drink Presents: guitarist the Comerica Taste of Chaos with Dashboard Confessional, Eddie Reyes, Theatre.

Taking Back Sunday, Saosin and The Early November bassist Shaun The tour, When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 14 Cooper and f o u n d ed Where: Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., drummer in 2005 by Phoenix M a r k Warped Tour Cost: $39.95-$59.95 O’Connell to founder Information: 1-800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com experiment.

Kevin Lyman “Everybody and John has been Reese, has returned to stages for the first stretching themselves as they’re playing,” time since 2009. said Lazzara, whose band will release its Lazzara said the tour was a long time seventh album, “Tidal Wave,” on Sept. coming, as all band members are friends.

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Chuck Negron on the other side of a ‘Nightmare’

Me Not to Come,’ ‘One’ and ‘Joy to the World.’ It’s a nice set of hits.”

After playing the songs for years, or his 1999 book “Three Dog Negron said they’re still challenging.

Nightmare,” singer Chuck Negron “I do them in the same way I did them took readers on a painful journey in my 20s,” he said. “It’s challenging and from heroin addiction to recovery to his that keeps it exciting. subsequent faith in God. “As an artist, I’m trying to look for that This year, the former Three Dog Night perfect evening. But you never really get vocalist is taking that a step further when that. I might have a great night, but it’s a he pens the third edition of the book. challenge to make it better and keep it as It will share Negron’s feelings about good as the record.” the deaths of keyboard player Jimmy His recording career has continued Greenspoon and singer Cory Wells, both with an album set for release soon that of whom played in Three Dog Night. features him and two of his daughters.

“Initially, the book ‘Three Dog “We’re recording together,” he said Nightmare’ was very painful,” Negron of 15-year-old Annabelle and 22-yearsaid via telephone from his tour bus. old Charlotte. “They’re doing three-part “It took a harmonies long time to and they’re IF YOU GO get over the singing lead.

What: “Happy Together Tour” writing and It is very When: 8 p.m. Saturday, July 16 dealing with exciting that Where: Talking Stick Resort, all of the loss, I got to work 9800 E. Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale redemption with my girls.”

Cost: $45-$100 and just life Besides Information: 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com itself. It’s a the tour, the very difficult book and his thing.” recording But these are somewhat happier days project, Negron has more on his plate. for Negron. He’s touring for the third He has a line of candy through the time as a part of the “Happy Together Hollywood company Sweet!, which Tour” with the Turtles featuring Flo and produces treats for celebrities. They Eddie; Mark Lindsay, formerly of Paul are available through his website, Revere and the Raiders; The Cowsills; chucknegron.com.

Gary Puckett and The Union Gap; “I have two candy bars—Three Dog and The Spencer Davis Group starring Nightmare and Three Dog Bites,” he Spencer Davis. It comes to Talking Stick said. “One is dark chocolate and one is Resort in Scottsdale on Saturday. milk chocolate. I have lollipops with my “It’s really a fun tour,” Negron said. face on it that are just coming out. I have “They’re all nice people. I’m on the bus a lot of stuff happening.” with The Cowsills, some of the crew, my – Contact Christina Fuoco-Karasinski at 480-898girlfriend and my manager.

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with Saosin when they were actively touring,” he said. “With Dashboard Confessional, we met Chris a few years ago when we played a festival together.

We never did an actual tour together though.

“We’re happy to make this happen. For us, we just finished the record. It’s going to be a good time—high energy in the Arizona heat. Well, it’s a bonus that we’re playing inside.”

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SPIRITUAL SIDE

Setting aside temptation: Putting the spotlight on God’s love

BY REV. SUSAN WILMOT CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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eligious, social and economic divides are so commonplace across the country that we rarely pay close attention until something disastrous happens.

The latest tragic event in Orlando is both a terrorist attack and an appalling hate crime against our LGBTQ brothers and sisters. Just a few months ago, we were immersed in news about the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

Many of us still remember how hurricane Katrina revealed the startling economic abyss between the rich and the poor in Louisiana.

Even a cursory glance at many of our neighborhoods tells a tragic story of families and relationships shattered by drug and alcohol addiction, as well as child and spousal abuse. There are massive gaps in the care of the mentally ill, many of whom become homeless.

Yet, God’s word repeatedly tells us that all these children of God are our neighbors, and most worthy of love and care.

As a sickening indictment of humanity’s brokenness, the pages of history, both ancient and modern, are dripping with examples of injustice, hate, violence and greed, carefully packaged and sanitized by oppressive regimes, unrestrained racism, suppressed sexism, and so on. Sadly, we even see this delivered as religious truth.

Please don’t misunderstand; I value the right to freedom of speech, and freedom of religion as much as anyone else, but isn’t it ironic that wherever there’s freedom, people will find a way to abuse

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it or use it to incite hate and violence?

I know one thing for sure; hate and violence is a purely human agenda.

Interestingly, most human cultures and religions have some form of the Golden Rule.

Jesus defines the great commandment as a positive choice of faithful living in Luke 10:27, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

According to God the Father and Jesus, “You shall love ….” And so what is God’s mission and agenda of love? What is God’s loving desire and will for the world, for humanity and all creation? First and foremost, every life is precious to our lifegiving, life-sustaining, and life-redeeming God of love. All are worthy of God’s love.

Love looks like caring for and protecting the most vulnerable among us.

Love looks like selfless giving, compassion, and respect for the dignity of all life. Love is feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, clothing the naked and visiting the sick and prisoners.

Love is sharing our resources generously with the poor.

We can only understand love in relationship with God, and we are nothing without love. Love is the nature of God, and the hallmark of God’s kingdom. God’s love is the context for all life. Yet by God’s grace we still live in a world where we have free will.

The Apostle Paul describes God’s gift of love in 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. This unconditional, agape love is no romantic fantasy, or fleeting emotion. It’s faith in action, an intentional way of being in the world that reflects the fullness of our humanity in Christ, and always seeks

the good of others. Here’s an outline of the better way: “Love is patient; love is kind…. love rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; love is not irritable or resentful; love does not rejoice in wrongdoing.”

Take a moment to reread this inserting your own name in place of the word “love.” That’s revealing isn’t it?

It’s always tempting to rise up in righteous (or not so righteous) indignation and anger, and to judge and condemn others. Is that a loving response or a human reaction? How often do our reactions result in even more violence?

It’s time to reflect carefully on every

aspect of love, and our own failings in this respect. It’s time for prayer for God’s guidance. We can only know how to act, speak and respond rightly when we’re attuned to God’s word and willing to follow God’s will for our lives.

We’re empowered agents of God’s love in and to the world, called to work selflessly on behalf of others. God will show us the way, because only God’s love has the power to overcome sin and death.

Our prayers continue for all affected by violence and terrorism, hate and bigotry.

We also pray for faithful and discerning hearts, willing to obey God’s will, and God’s ways of love.

–The Rev. Susan E. Wilmot is Vicar at St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church & Preschool, 975 E. Warner Road, Tempe. She can be reached at rector@ stjamestempe.org or at 480-345-2686. Check out our website at www.stjamestempe.org.

FAITH 26 THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JULY 10, 2016 Experiences,” offers support for men and women who find understanding and caring support to face these DETAILS>> 7 p.m. Chabad of the East Valley, 3875 W. CALENDAR

July 10 - 17 SUNDAYS CHORUS SEEKS SINGERS

Even though the Ahwatukee Community Chorus is nearing the end of its first season, it still welcomes singers of all levels. The group rehearses weekly on Sunday evenings. Although it is not affiliated with any religious organization, the chorus rehearses at Horizon Presbyterian Church.

DETAILS>> 6 to 8 p.m., Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. There is an annual $100 membership fee. ahwatukeecommunitychorus.org or 480-442-7324.

HORIZON EYES YOUNG PEOPLE

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together.

DETAILS>> 5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@horizonchurch.com.

BERIEVED CAN SHARE GRIEF

A support group designed to assist people through the grieving process. One-time book fee $15.

DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m. at Arizona Community Church, 9325 S. Rural Road, Room G3, Tempe. 480-491-2210.

UNITY OFFERS INSPIRATION

Inspirational messages and music are offered, along with classes and special events.

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

RABBINIC LIT COURSE OFFERED

Ongoing morning study of two classics of rabbinic literature by medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (the “Rambam”). At 10 a.m., Prof. Norbert Samuelson, Grossman Chair of Jewish Philosophy at ASU and TBS member, teaches “Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: What Jews Ought to Believe.” At 11:15 a.m., TBS member Isaac Levy teaches “Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: How Jews Ought to Behave.” Readings in both Hebrew and English.

DETAILS>> Community Room of the administration building at Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-897-3636.

MONDAYS JOIN CHRIST-CENTERED YOGA

This Flow 1-2 class (intermediate) is free and open to the community.

DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m., Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. Greg Battle at 480-759-6200 or gbattle@moutainpark.org.

CLASS TARGETS THE GRIEVING

Classes for those grieving over death or divorce.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.

STRUGGLING FIND SUPPORT

Support group for those struggling with how to deal with a loss in life.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C201, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext.

141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

TUESDAYS FINDING HEALING FOR PAIN

HOPE, and acronym for “Help Overcome Painful

seek God’s grace and healing.

DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. mountainpark.org.

SENIORS ENJOY ‘TERRIFIC TUESDAYS’

The program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week. Registration not needed.

DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m. to noon, Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.

HOLY TRINITY HAS GRIEFSHARE

DETAILS>> 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., 739 W. Erie St., Chandler.

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READ BIBLE FOR PLEASURE

Bring a Bible, or Bibles are available at these free sessions.

DETAILS>> 7 to 8 p.m., Chandler Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1188 W. Galveston St. Lori, 480-917-3593.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETS

Celebrate Recovery says it “brings your relationship with the Lord closer to your heart as it heals your hurts, habits and hang-ups.” Participants can discuss issues ranging from feeling left out to addictions. “Nothing is too small or too large.”

DETAILS>> 5:30 p.m. at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. mvlutheran.org/ celebraterecovery or email cr@alphamvlc.com.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY OFFERED

Living Word Ahwatukee women’s Bible study and fellowship that offers “a short, low-key time of praise and worship in music and message.” It’s also an opportunity to meet other Christian women in Ahwatukee.

DETAILS>> 10 to 11:30 a.m., Living Word Ahwatukee, 14647 W. 50th St., Suite 165, Ahwatukee. Free child care.

challenges and move forward.

DETAILS>> 6:30-8:15 p.m. Arizona Community Church, 9325 S. Rural Road, Room G5, Tempe. One-time book fee of $15. 480-491-2210. DivorceCare 4 Kids (DC4K) will also be offered in Room G7.

CHABAD HAS TORAH FOR TEENS

The Teens and Torah program offered by Chabad of the East Valley is for teens ages 13 to 17, and combines education and social interaction with videos followed by discussion, trips, games, community service projects and thought-provoking discussions.

DETAILS>> 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 3855 W. Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. Shternie, 480753-5366 or www.chabadcenter.com.

THURSDAYS MAN CHURCH HELD IN CHANDLER

“Man Church offers coffee, donuts and straight talk for men in a language they understand in just 15 minutes.

No women, no singing, no organ and no long sermons,” a release states.

DETAILS>> Doors open 6 a.m., message at 6:30 a.m.

1595 S. Alma School Road, Chandler. Bob, 480-726-8000 or cschandler.com/manchurch.

KIDS CAN FIND SUPPORT

Support group for children ages 6 to 12 coping with a separation or divorce in the family. One-time $10 fee includes snacks and workbook.

DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C202, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

ULPAN INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE

Class is based on Israel’s successful Ulpan instruction.

Taught by Ilan Berko, born in Israel, schooled in the U.S.

Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. chabadcenter.com or 480855-4333.

LEARN ABOUT MIRACLES

Experience a spiritual transformation with Michelle Lee, who will teach like-minded people and spark lively discussions as participants explore daily applications of miracles.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

FRIDAYS UNITARIANS HONOR SHABBAT

Valley Unitarians are offering Shabbat services the second Friday of each month.

DETAILS>> 6:15 on the campus of Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6400 W. Del Rio St., Chandler. nefeshsoul.org.

TODDLERS CAN MARK SHABBAT

Celebrate Shabbat with a service, music, and a craft project designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m., Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

TOTS TAUGHT TORAH

Hosted by Chabad of the East Valley for children ages 2 to 5. Features hands-on activities about the Shabbat, songs, stories and crafts. Children will make and braid their own challah.

DETAILS>> 10:15 to 11 a.m., members’ homes. 480-7855831.

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TAKE A COFFEE BREAK

Corpus Christi offers a coffee break with scripture study, prayer and fellowship.

DETAILS>> 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3550 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. Loraine 480893-1160 or CoffeebreakMin@aol.com.

GET A ‘SPIRITUAL SHOWER’

A release calls this “a 15-minute energetic tune up each week” and says the Twin Hearts Meditation “is like taking a spiritual shower: when your aura is clean, you experience a higher level of awareness. You see through things more clearly and good luck increases.”

DETAILS>> 7-9 p.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

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He left behind his wife of 54 years Minnie, 3 Children; Armida (China), Dico (Valerie) Denogean, Anthony Denogean (Angela Villaverde), 7 Grandchildren; Kira, Stevie, Raymond, Brandon, Brittney, Brianna and AJ, 7 Great Grandchildren; Gabe, Adrian, Raymond, Gunner, Kaylee, Mario and Angel, his brothers and sisters; Miguel (Cathi) Denogean, Ramon Denogean, Angie Denogean, Margie (Bobby) Real, Norma (Eddie) Campillo, Chella Preciado, numerous nieces, nephews and extended nieces, nephews and grandchildren.

Freddie worked as a Miner for 22 years with Magma Copper Co. and Pinto Valley, and also as a Job Developer for the State of Arizona (REPAC,WIA) for 16 years.

He loved his home of Superior and was always involved in his community and his Church. He loved music, singing, playing his guitar, cooking for everyone, but his most treasured moments were spent following his grandchildren and family members in their activities and with his family, extended family and friends. He was known as Tata Guero to all.

Services for Freddie will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2016.

Celebration of Life 9:00 -10:00am St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Superior.

Funeral Mass 10:00 am St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Reception will follow at the St. Mary Center, Superior.

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Employment General ATF AEROSPACE SECONDARY PRODUCTION OPERATOR Position Description Summary: Understand operation and functions of assigned machine. Produce a quality product and maintain production efficiency, to meet customer needs.

Position Responsibilities: Understand the function of assigned machine and operate machine. Read blue prints. Operate a micrometer and a comparator. Complete all necessary documentation neatly and accurately. Keep workstation neat and organized, practice good housekeeping. Assist and cooperate with other team members in the department. Follow all safety rules and practices. All other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Ability to read a blue print. Ability to work well with co-workers and management. Ability to follow directions. Ability to speak, read, write and understand English Education and Experience High School diploma or the equivalent preferred.

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Baseball Talent Evaluator at McNamara Group LLC (Chandler, AZ): Eval amateur & prof baseball plyrs – specifically those fr Latin America. Maintain relshps w teams/contacts in Latin America to help id potential clients. 6 yrs of exp in job offered, or as talent evaluator, scout, business or personal mgr of MLB players or clo relt’d. Spanish req’d. Travel req’d.

Add’l duties and reqmts aval upon request. Email res u m e & c o v e r l t r t o c h r i s t i n a @ m c n a m a ra baseball.com. ref Job#WA01..

Product Development Engineer (Grinding Media) (Tempe, AZ) Duties: Interface with existing customers to maintain and improve volume and profitability. Identify and respond to customer concerns regarding product quality, delivery schedules and other issues. Interact with foundry staff to insure quality, timely delivery schedules and ever improving knowledge of the customer and product requirements.

National travel required 40% of time. Send resumes to: Me Global, Inc., 3901 University Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN 55421 Attn: Landon Johns, Vice President HR. Must reference “Product Development Engineer (Grinding Media)” when applying.

Employment General Receptionist - Greet customers/visitors with a smile - Answer multi-line incoming phone calls in a courteous manner - Route calls, take/distribute messages - Create Various Internal Reports - Filing Requirements: - Exceptional Prof'l Comm Skills - 60+ wpm required.

Typing speed test part of interview - Microsoft Office exp - Strong Team Player,Excellence in business English (spelling, grammar, formatting, punctuation) -Exceptionally reliable and able to work from 7:30a- 4:30p M-F. Benefits may include Health, Dental, Vision, Life, LT Disability, 401K and FSA. Please email Cheryl@ DaveBang.com Must include your resume and pay requirements for consideration. No calls/office visits.

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Meetings/Events Christian Business Networking, Chandler BiMonthly Chapter 7:30 a.m. second and fourth Tuesdays of the month Offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and business referrals.

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Desert Springs Church, Room 106, 19620 S. McQueen Rd., Chandler Info: hope4all@comcast.net, helpovercomingpainful experiences.org Grief Care 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays A place to come share your feelings or just listen to others as we try to navigate through our grief. You don’t have to do it alone.

Epiphany Lutheran Church, south campus old church building 800 W. Ray Rd., Room 325, Chandler, a quarter mile south of Alma School Road on the north side of Ray. Info: griefcareaz@gmail.com Women’s Life group 10-11:30 a.m. second and fourth Friday of each month. All women are invited to a Bible study and discussion of how the lessons can relate to our current lives. Every lady brings something different to the group and learns from each other to get to know new friends. Sun Lakes United Church Of Christ, Sun Lakes Country Club Chapel Center, 9230 Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes. Info: Jan Olson, 480-802-7457 or Joy King, 480-588-1882

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Notice of Trustee's Sale Order No.: 160088736-AZ- VOI TS No.: AZ-16- 6293-JY APN : 132-12- 110 7 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/19/2004 and recorded 11/24/2004 as Instrument 20041382775, Book xxx, Page xxx, in the office of the County Recorder of MARICOPA County, Arizona; and at public auction to the highest bidder. Notice! If you believe there is a defense to the trustee sale or if you have an objection to the trustee sale, you must file an action and obtain a court order pursuant to rule 65, Arizona rules of civil procedure, stopping the sale no later than 5:00 p.m. mountain standard time of the last business day before the scheduled date of the sale, or you may have waived any defenses or objections to the sale. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final: Sale Date and Time: 8/3/2016 at 10:00:00 AM Sale Location: IN THE COURTYARD, BY THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF SUPERIOR COURT BUILDING, 201 WEST JEFFERSON, PHOENIX, ARIZONA Legal Description. LOT 110, OF NORTH TEMPE, A SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN BOOK 38 OF MAPS, PAGE 50. Purported Street Address: 1220 N E5THER ST, TEMPE, AZ 85281 Tax Parcel Number: 13212- 110 7 Original Principal Balance: $131,720.07 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: LSF9 Master Participation Trust,

by Caliber Home Loans, Inc., solely in its capacity as servicer C/O Caliber Home Loans, Inc. 16745 W. Bernardo Drive, Ste 300 San Diego, CA 92127 Name and Address of Original Trustor: JESSE M ALVAREZ AND FELIPA O. ALVAREZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP 1220 N ESTHER ST, TEMPE, AZ 85281 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: SUMMIT SERVICES AND REALTY, LLC 16745 W. Bernardo Dr., Ste 100 San Diego, CA 92127 Phone: (866) 248-2679 Sales Line: 714-730- 2727 Login to: www.servicelinkasap.com AZ-16- 6293-JY The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. Section 33-803A (1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona Real Estate Broker. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Dated: 5/3/2016 SUMMIT SERVICES AND REALTY LLC By: Justin Yahnke, AVP A4579283 07/02/2016, 07/09/2016, 07/16/2016, 07/23/2016 Publish: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016 / 17435954

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Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant Project No. C01600 Sundt Construction has been awarded the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) construct a new water treatment plant at the northeast corner of Signal Butte and Elliot Roads to treat Colorado River water supplied via the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal to drinking water standards. The plant will initially be built as a 24 million gallons per day (MGD) facility, with a planned ultimate capacity of 48 million gallons per day (MGD).

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No formal presentation will be given.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID OPENING: FRIDAY JULY 29, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.) TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

017 MA 197 H878801C NHPP-017- A(240)T PHOENIX - CORDES JUNCTION HIGHWAY (I-17) 19TH AVENUE - ARIZONA CANAL TRAIL

The amount programmed for this contract is $16,500,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed work is located in Maricopa County within the Cities of Phoenix and Glendale on I17 starting at the 19th Avenue (MP 197.9) and extends north to Arizona Grand Canal Trail (MP 208.3) including all traffic interchanges within those limits. The work consists of 1" mill and overlay of AR-ACFC on the existing I-17 mainline pavement, ADA compliance improvements for the interchange areas, drainage basin construction, and median concrete barrier modifications. The work also includes installation of signing and pavement marking, grading for drainage, concrete curb bridge rail modification, guardrail improvements, glare screen removal, and other related work.

Date:

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $101.

Time:

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Location:

Sunland Spring Village - Auditorium 2240 S. Springwood Blvd.

Mesa, AZ 85209

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please contact Rene Powell, Jaime Otter, or Michele Arrollado with the City of Mesa Engineering Public Relations at (480) 644-3800 Publish: DNS- July 9, 16, 2016; EVT- July 10, 17, 2016 / 17439554

480 898 6465

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.) TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION ROUTE NO. SR 260

260 YV 221 H717101C TEA-260- A-(201)T COTTONWOOD-CAMP VERDE-MOGOLLON RIM HWYSR260 CLIFFS PARKWAY-MAIN STREET, CAMP VERDE MILEPOST 220.43 TO 221.16

DISTRICT NORTHWEST

ITEM NO. 71616

The amount programmed for this contract is $575,000.00. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed project is located in Yavapai County, on State Route 260 in the Town of Camp Verde, beginning at milepost 220.43 and continuing east to milepost 221.16. The proposed work includes a concrete sidewalk, concrete ramps, curb and gutter, protective railing, sign relocations, site furnishings, seeding, landscape and irrigation improvements and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 7127221. The cost is $ 30.00 Publish: DNS- July 2, 9, 2016; EVT- July 3, 10, 2016 / 17437236

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480.898.6465

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Phoenix Municipal Stadium Batting Tunnel CMAR 11535 Project Description Arizona State University will build a new air conditioned batting cage, a tunnel pathway connecting the batting cage to the existing clubhouse, and a second story devil deck over the batting cage at Phoenix Municipal Stadium for the Arizona State University Baseball Team.

Formal sealed qualifications are due on or before 3:00 PM, MST, 7/26/16.

Pre-Submittal Conference A RECOMMENDED Pre-Submittal Conference is scheduled for 10:30 AM, MST, 7/12/16 in Room MU 202 (Alumni Lounge) at the Memorial Union of Arizona State University Tempe Campus.

It is recommended that you park in the Fulton Center Parking, located at College Avenue and University Drive. Cross University Drive and walk south to the Memorial Union. Reference the ASU Parking Map at http://www.asu.edu/map. Attendance is strongly recommended for those who desire to submit a Proposal. The ASU Project Manager will be available to discuss the Project. Make sure to bring your business card for streamlined sign-in.

Obtain a Copy of RFQ The Request for Qualifications instructions, a description of requested services, information on the Project and a description of the proposal and selection process is available at the Arizona State University Bid Board at http://asu.edu/purchasing/bids/construction_bids.html. Click on Construction/Facilities Bid Board on right side under Related Links. Requests may be made in writing via fax (480) 965-2234 or email to Sr. Office Specialist ann.provencio@asu.edu and Purchasing will email or mail you the RFQ. You may also pick up a copy at the University Services Building, 1551 S. Rural Rd., Tempe, AZ, 85281. Please ask for the Office Specialist at the lobby desk.

ASU reserves the right to cancel this Request for Qualifications, to reject any or all Proposals, and to waive or decline to waive any irregularities in any submitted Proposals, or to withhold the award for any reason ASU may determine to be in ASU's best interest. ASU also reserves the right to hold open any or all Proposals for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of opening thereof and the right to accept a Proposal not withdrawn before the scheduled opening date.

All correspondence relating to this Project should be addressed to: Purchasing and Business Services Attention: Gail Horney Title: Sr. Buyer Arizona State University PO Box 875212 Tempe, Arizona 85287-5212 Phone: 480.727.2439 Email address: gail.horney@asu.edu

ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS

Publish: DNS-July 5, 2016; EVT-July 10, 2016 / 17438883

By Jay Heiler Chair

By Ram Krishna Secretary

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

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BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

089 YV 338 H8743 01C NHPP-089- B(216)T STATE ROUTE 89 VERDE RANCH ROAD

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

287 PN 115 H868401C STP-287- A(201)T CASA GRANDE - LA PALMA HWY (SR 287) JUNCTION I-10 - LA PALMA

The amount programmed for this contract is $268,400. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $4,800,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed project is located in Yavapai County on State Route (SR) 89 at Verde Ranch Road (Milepost 338.3) within the unincorporated community of Paulden. The work consists of asphalt removal, roadway excavation, asphaltic concrete, pavement marking, signing, maintenance of traffic, and other related work.

The proposed work is located in Pinal County on SR 287. The project begins at milepost 115.88 and extends easterly to milepost 125.81. The work consists of milling and replacing existing asphaltic concrete, applying a double chip seal coat, crack sealing shoulders, replacing pavement markings, and other miscellaneous work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $15.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $31.00.

Publish: DNS-July 2, 9, 2016; EVT-July 3, 10, 2016 / 17438228

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

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BID OPENING: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

0000 PN MAR SZ15201C MAR-0(203)T CITY OF MARICOPA HARTMAN ROAD, SR 238 TO FARRELL ROAD

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

0000 YU YYU SZ05301C STP-YCT- 0(209)T CITY OF YUMA AVENUE 3E TO ARABY ROAD

The amount programmed for this contract is $621,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $4,830,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed pave dirt road is located in City of Maricopa in Pinal County on Hartman Road, Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway (SR 238) to 1.5 miles north to Farrell Road. The work includes grading roadway for paving, placing aggregate base, two applications of chip seal, pavement marking, signing, erosion control and other related work.

The proposed project is located in Yuma County on Avenue 3E and US 95 approximately 0.5 miles north of the City of Yuma limits. The proposed work consists of widening the roadway, constructing intersection improvements, milling and paving, removing and replacing guardrail and traffic signal, signing, striping and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets may be purchased from Contracts and Specifications Section, 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221 the cost is $11.00.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $54.00.

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: Friday, August 12, 2016, at 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

288 GI 288 H861701C STP-288- A(201)T GLOBE-YOUNG- JCT SR 260 HWY (SR288) SOUTH OF YOUNG

TRACS No.: Project No.: Termini: Location:

0000 MA GLN SZ076 01C CM-GLN- 0(241)T City of Glendale 67th Avenue, Glendale Avenue to Cholla Street

The amount programmed for this contract is $1,153,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $1,030,000.00. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed project is located in Gila County, on State Route 288 approximately 15 miles south of the Town of Young, beginning at Milepost 288.80 and extending north along SR 288 to Milepost 289.50. The proposed work consists of stabilizing a rock slope, widening the roadway, improving drainage, grading and other related work.

The proposed project is located in Maricopa County within the City of Glendale on 67th Avenue from Glendale Avenue to Cholla Street. The proposed work consists of installing fiber optic cable, electrical conduit, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, Anonymous Wireless Address Matching (AWAM) data readers, traffic signal controllers, and other related items.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $15.00.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $20.

Publish: DNS-July 2, 9, 2016; EVT-July 3, 10, 2016 / 17437252

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

0000 YU YUM T002001C STP-YUM- 0(217)T YUMA BUSINESS ROUTE B-8 (SR 8B) 32ND ST., AVE 3 E TO AVE 8½E

The amount programmed for this contract is $885,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

089 CN 525 H877101C NH-089- E(206)T BITTER SPRINGS - UTAH STATE LINE HWY (US 89) JCT US 89A - BIG CUT

The amount programmed for this contract is $500,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed work is located in Yuma County, on B-8, between milepost 6.90 and milepost 12.48.

The work consists of applying a slurry seal coat and replacing pavement markings.

The proposed work is located in Coconino County on US 89, beginning at milepost 525.02 and extends north to milepost 526.02. The work includes extending culverts,constructing catch basins, removing and replacing asphaltic concrete and guardrail, striping, and other miscellaneous work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $7.00.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $20.00.

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

040 MO 073 H842001C NHPP-040- B(211)T KINGMAN-ASH FORK HWY (I-40) PEACOCK AND BIG SANDY WASH EB BRIDGES

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

089A CN 540 H7775 01C STP-A89- C(206)T BITTER SPRINGS - FREDONIA HIGHWAY, US 89A COLORADO RIVER - HOUSE ROCK (PHASE II)

The amount programmed for this contract is $4,300,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $2,400,000.00. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed work is located in Mohave County on Interstate 40 between mileposts 73.20 and 75.70, approximately two miles east of US 93. The proposed work consists of removing and replacing existing bridge decks, reconstructing existing bridge approaches, constructing scour protection slabs, replacing pavement markings, and other miscellaneous work.

The proposed project is located in Coconino County on US 89A, west of Marble Canyon. This project begins at Mile Post 540.82 and extends to Mile Post 555.36. The work consists of extending five concrete box culverts with earthwork and other related items.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $40.00.

Publish: DNS- July 9, 16, 2016; EVT- July 10, 17, 2016 / 17439501

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $22.

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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

019 SC 000 H882501C HSIP-019- A(231)T NOGALES - TUCSON HIGHWAY (I - 19) Nogales - San Xavier Road

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

0000 CN CCN SZ07501C STP-CCN- 0(219)T COCONINO COUNTY TOWNSEND-WINONA ROAD, LEUPP ROAD TO I-40

The amount programmed for this contract is $1,200,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $2,055,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed project is located in Santa Cruz County on I-19, just north of the City of Nogales.

Part of the project is located within the San Xavier District of the Tohono O'Odham Nation. The project begins at milepost 0.8 and ends at milepost 57.8. The work consists of removing trees and any other woody vegetation within the recovery zone.

The proposed work is located in Coconino County, Approximately 13 Miles East of The City of Flagstaff on Townsend-Winona Road between Leupp Road and Interstate 40. The work consists of reconstructing existing roadway, milling and replacing asphaltic concrete, constructing a retaining wall, replacing guardrail and guardrail end terminals,striping, and other miscellaneous work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $7.00.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $33.00.

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

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BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

010 PM 262 H877201C NHPP-010- E(218)T TUCSON - BENSON HIGHWAY (I-10) KINO PARKWAY TI UP (NB & SB)

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

089A YV 324 H837701C STP-HSIP- A89-A(209)T PRESCOTT - FLAGSTAFF HIGHWAY (SR 89A) COYOTE SPRINGS RD - LEGEND HILLS RD

The amount programmed for this contract is $2,000,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $4,300,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed work is located in Pima County on Interstate 10, approximately two miles east of the City of Tucson at milepost 262.53. The work consists of bridge deck rehabilitation, railing and expansion joint replacement, and other miscellaneous work.

The proposed work is located in Yavapai County on SR 89A, from MP 324.82 to MP 333.00, approximately 25 miles northeast of the City of Prescott. The work consists of milling the existing Asphaltic Concrete (AC) and replacing it with AC and ACFC. Additional work includes widening shoulders; removing and replacing pipe culverts; replacing pavement markings and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $27.00.

Publish: DNS- July 2, 9, 2016; EVT- July 3, 10, 2016 / 17437029

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $38.

Publish: DNS-July 9, 16, 2016; EVT-July 10, 17, 2016 / 17439483

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

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BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

010 LA 003 H885501C NH-010- A(227)T EHRENBERG - QUARTZSITE HWY (I-10) EHRENBERG PORT OF ENTRY, PHASE II

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

0000 YV CLD SS941 01C STP-CLD- 0(200)A TOWN OF CLARKDALE BROADWAY ROAD AND MAIN STREET

The amount programmed for this contract is $14,500,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $1,009,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed project is located on I-10 in LaPaz County on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land between milepost 3.28 and milepost 4.51. The proposed work consists of reconstructing the existing Port of Entry, constructing a new operations building, new satellite credential booths, building canopy, new Portland cement concrete pavement, and asphaltic concrete temporary connectors. Additional work includes constructing sewer and roadway lighting systems, concrete sidewalk, pavement markings & signing, and other miscellaneous work.

The proposed work is located in Yavapai County within the Town of Clarkdale, at the intersection of Broadway Road and Main Street. The work consists of constructing a new roadway from West Main Street to South Broadway Road and two new intersections for North Broadway Road and East Main Street. Additional work includes removal of asphaltic concrete and Portland cement concrete pavement, new asphaltic concrete, retaining wall, curb and gutter, pavement markings, striping, and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $149.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $28.

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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BID OPENING: Friday, August 19, 2016, at 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

191 GH 120 H832401C STP-191- B(203)T BOWIE JCT. - SAFFORD HIGHWAY (US 191) RELATION STREET TO JUNCTION US 70

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

0000 MO MMO T0021 01C 000-MMO- 0(216)T OATMAN - TOPOCK HIGHWAY (OLD US 66) SACRAMENTO WASH

The amount programmed for this contract is $1,300,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The amount programmed for this contract is $1,970,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:

The proposed Intersection Improvement project is located in Graham County within the City of Safford starting at Relation Street (Milepost 120.32) and ending at the junction of US 70 (Milepost 121.05). The total length of the project is approximately 0.73 miles. The work consists of The work includes minor roadway excavation and embankments; concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk and sidewalk ramps; aggregate base; asphalt concrete pavement; drainage; relocating existing water and storm drain facilities, furnishing and installing signing and pavement markings; furnishing and installing traffic signals, and other related work.

The proposed project consists of constructing a new single span bridge with Prefabricated Bridge Elements (PBE) and related roadway and drainage improvements on Oatman Highway (Historic Route 66) across Sacramento Wash, located approximately one mile north of I-40, in Topock, Mohave County, Arizona. The work consists of constructing a new bridge, roadway approaches and channel improvements within Mohave County highway right-of- way. The work also includes signing, striping, concrete barrier, guard rail, seeding and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $35.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $49.

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TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

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BID OPENING: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.) TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

0000 SC NOG SZ03501C STP-NOG- 0(201)T CITY OF NOGALES CRAWFORD STREET: MCNAB DRIVE TO SONOITA AVENUE

The amount programmed for this contract is $515,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed work is located in Santa Cruz County on Crawford Street between McNab Drive and Sonoita Avenue, in the City of Nogales. The work consists of removing and replacing asphaltic concrete, constructing concrete sidewalk ramps, signing, pavement markings, and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $16.

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093 MO 017 H8408 01C HSIP-093- A(203)T HOOVER DAM - KINGMAN HIGHWAY (US 93) WILLOW BEACH - WHITE HILLS ROAD

The amount programmed for this contract is $20,100,000.00. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed project is located on US 93 in the Northwest District (formerly referred to as both Kingman and Prescott Districts), Mohave County approximately 60 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 22 miles north of Kingman, Arizona. The project limits begin at MP 28.09 and proceeds northwesterly approximately 10 miles to MP 17.35. The work consists of milling and replacing the existing pavement surface, the project also includes roadway excavation for widening of shoulders, drainage pipe and box culvert extensions, pavement marking, traffic control and other related work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $60.00.

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NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

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CONTRACTING AND PURCHASING SERVICES NOTICE OF INTENT TO RECEIVE BIDS The Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University, is soliciting sealed Proposals from qualified firms or individuals for the purpose of selecting a firm or individual interested in providing Furniture Procurement and Installation Related Services Reference P17GB001 for Northern Arizona University.

Offers shall be delivered no later than 2:00 P.M., Arizona Time, July 25, 2016 to the office of the Director of Procurement on the campus of Northern Arizona University, 545 E. Pine Knoll Dr., Building 98B, PO Box 4124, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011, (928) 523-4557 To request a Proposal by E-mail, Fax, Mail, or to Pick-up a copy contact Northern Arizona University Purchasing Services at the above address and phone number. To download a copy from the Internet access http://home.nau.edu/purchasing/bid_board.asp The Arizona Board of Regents reserves the right to reject any or all Offers, to waive or declare to waive irregularities in any Offer, or to withhold the award for any reason it shall determine and also reserves the right to hold any or all Offers for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of the opening thereof. No Offeror shall withdraw their Offer during this ninety (90) day period.

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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID OPENING: FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.) TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

0000 MA SRI SZ15501C CMAQ-SRI- 0(202)T SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY LONGMORE RD; McDOWELL RD. - OSBORN RD.

The amount programmed for this contract is $699,500. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed project is located in Maricopa County within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on Longmore Road beginning at McDowell Road and extending 1.5 miles north to Osborn Road, including approximately 300 feet east on Osborn Road. The work consists of grading shoulder ditch; installing driveway culverts; constructing concrete curb and gutter, driveways, and sidewalk; planting trees; installing decomposed granite; installing pedestrian solar lighting; and other related work.

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT CM@RISK Project 10988 Central Plant Emergency Power Upgrade Construction Manager at Risk pre-construction and construction services for ASU Project: CM@RISK Project 10988 Central Plant Emergency Generator.

Project Description The ASU Central Plant Emergency Power Upgrade project objective is to improve the reliability of the generator systems which supply emergency power to many of the buildings at the Tempe Campus. This is to be achieved by constructing a mezzanine to house additional generators and equipment.

Pre-Submittal Conference A RECOMMENDED Pre-Submittal Conference is scheduled for 9:00 AM, MST, 7/18/2016 in Memorial Union Room 230. Reference the ASU Parking Map at http://www.asu.edu/map. Attendance is strongly recommended for those who desire to submit a Proposal. The ASU Project Manager will be available to discuss the Project. Make sure to bring your business card for streamlined sign-in.

Obtain a Copy of RFQ The Request for Qualifications instructions, a description of requested services, information on the Project, and a description of the proposal and selection process is available at the Arizona State University Bid Board at http://asu.edu/purchasing/bids /construction_bids.html. Click on Construction/Facilities Bid Board on right side under Related Links. Requests may be made in writing via fax (480) 965-2234 or email to Ann Provencio at ann.provencio@asu.edu and Purchasing will email or mail you the RFQ. You may also pick up a copy at the University Services Building, 1551 S. Rural Rd., Tempe, AZ, 85281. Please ask for the Office Specialist at the lobby desk.

ASU reserves the right to cancel this Request for Qualifications, to reject any or all Proposals, and to waive or decline to waive any irregularities in any submitted Proposals, or to withhold the award for any reason ASU may determine to be in ASU's best interest. ASU also reserves the right to hold open any or all Proposals for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of opening thereof and the right to accept a Proposal not withdrawn before the scheduled opening date.

All correspondence relating to this Project should be addressed to:

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $36.

Purchasing and Business Services Attention: Alex Parma Buyer Arizona State University PO Box 875212 Tempe, Arizona 85287-5212 Phone: (480) 965-2074 Facsimile: (480) 965-2234 Email address: aparma@asu.edu

ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS

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By Ram Krishna Secretary

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Public Notices ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

BID OPENING: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

010 LA 017 H851701C NH-IM- 010-A- (219)T EHRENBERG-PHOENIX HWY. (I-10) WEST QUARTZSITE T.I.

The amount programmed for this contract is $2,200,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed work is located approximately one miles west of SR 95 in the Town of Quartzsite in a La Paz County. The work consists of widening the existing cross road, extending drainage pipe, replacing existing bridge barrier, striping, and other miscellaneous work.

Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712-7221. The cost is $45.00.

Publish: DNS- July 9, 16, 2016; EVT- July 10, 17, 2016 / 17439498 REQUEST FOR ARGUMENTS "FOR" OR "AGAINST" THE SPECIAL OVERRIDE AND BOND ELECTION SCOTTSDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 48 Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), will hold a special (i) bond election and (ii) district additional assistance budget override election (formerly known as a capital outlay budget override election) on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The District seeks authorization to (i) issue bonds in the principal amount not to exceed $229,000,000 and (ii) exceed its district additional assistance budget by the lesser of $8,500,000 or ten percent of its revenue control limit. The estimated average annual tax rate for the proposed bond authorization is $0.2850 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The estimated first year tax rate for the proposed district additional assistance budget override is $0.1793 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The Maricopa County School Superintendent will be preparing an informational pamphlet that will be mailed to households containing one or more registered electors within the District. Any persons wishing to submit an argument "for" or "against" the bond and/or the district additional assistance budget override questions (not to exceed 200 words each) may do so by mail or hand delivery of the argument to the Maricopa County School Superintendent's office, 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012; telephone: (602) 506-3978. To be included in the informational pamphlet, such arguments must be received in the office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent on or before 5:00 p.m., August 12, 2016. Such arguments must be signed and include the name of the District, the author's name, the name of any entity submitting an argument, address and telephone number. The entity and author's name will be printed in the informational pamphlet. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 10, 2016.

For more information concerning the election, please contact the Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48, 7575 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, telephone: (480) 484-6100.

LA ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL DE SOBREPASAR EL PRESUPUESTO Y DE BONOS SOLICITUD PARA ARGUMENTOS "A FAVOR" O "EN CONTRA" DE EL DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNIFICADO NÚMERO 48 DE SCOTTSDALE El Distrito Escolar Unificado Número 48 de Scottsdale del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona (el "Distrito"), celebrará una elección especial de (i) bonos financieros y (ii) sobrepasar el presupuesto de “asistencia adicional del distrito” (anteriormente conocida como una elección de sobrepasar el presupuesto de gastos de capital) el martes, el 8 de noviembre de 2016. El Distrito busca autorización para (i) emitir bonos financieros en la cantidad principal que no exceda $229,000,000 y (ii) exceder su presupuesto de asistencia adicional del distrito por el menor de $8,500,000 o diez por ciento de su límite de control de ingresos. Se estima que el promedio de la tasa de impuestos anual para la propuesta autorización de bonos financieros es $0.2850 por $100 de valor tasado neto usado para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. Se estima que la tasa de impuestos en el primer año del propuesto sobrepaso del presupuesto de asistencia adicional del distrito es $0.1793 por $100 de valor tasado neto usado para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. El Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa estará preparando un folleto informativo que será enviado a los domicilios que contienen un elector o más inscritos para votar dentro del Distrito. Cualesquier personas que deseen entregar un argumento "a favor" o "en contra" de la cuestión de los bonos financieros y/o de la cuestión del sobrepaso del presupuesto de la asistencia adicional del distrito (cada uno no debe exceder 200 palabras) pueden hacerlo por correo o por entregar el argumento personalmente a la oficina de Maricopa County School Superintendent, 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85012; teléfono: (602) 506-3978. Para ser incluido en el folleto informativo, tales argumentos deben estar en la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa a las 5:00 de la tarde o antes, el 12 de agosto de 2016. Se tiene que firmar los argumentos e incluir el nombre del Distrito, el nombre del autor, el nombre de cualquier entidad entregando un argumento, dirección y número de teléfono. La entidad y el nombre del autor serán incluidos en el folleto informativo. El último día para inscribirse a votar para poder votar en esta elección es el lunes, el 10 de octubre de 2016. Para más información sobre la elección, favor de comunicarse con Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48, 7575 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, teléfono: (480) 484-6100.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant for the following: CONSULTANT ON-CALL LIST FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide Design Services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Water and Wastewater Plants. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for mechanical engineering services. This category is further defined below: The Water and Wastewater Plants project category is defined to include plant type projects whose primary purpose is to provide, convey or otherwise directly support the provision of water and/or wastewater service to the City of Mesa's utility customers. Projects might involve new construction, remodels, rehabilitation, studies, models or other modifications. Typical projects include (but are not limited to) water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, lift stations, odor control facilities, well sites, wastewater structures, water delivery structures, and water metering facilities with their associated utility lines, buildings, minor offsite improvements, etc. These projects may include any or all of the other discipline design areas and services included under other categories.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm's employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City's website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/_architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) CD of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00pm on July 27, 2016. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Design Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Heather Sneddon of the Engineering Department at heather.sneddon@mesaaz.gov.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA

CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA

TRANSFER STATION NO. 3 UPGRADE 3038 EAST MCDOWELL ROAD PROJECT NO. C10392

FALCON FIELD AIRPORT RUNWAY 4L-22R BLAST PADS PROJECT NO. C07044 ADOT GRANT NO. E6S1R ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, July 21, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Construct new asphalt paved blast pads for Runway 4L-22R, associated markings, and appurtenant work.

The Engineer's Estimate range is $ 225,000 to 275,000.

For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Donna Horn at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on "Register Today" and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $36.00 , which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the "Public Construction Vaults" address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa's Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled. Please refer to Project Specific Provision Section #3 titled "Pre-Bid Review of Site" for additional information.

Work shall be completed within 60 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, July 28, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building,Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Demolition of existing Transfer Station No. 3 (TS-3) components and construction of a new transfer station with a firm capacity of 24 MGD with an installed capacity of 32 MGD. Construction of support facilities including Disinfection Building and Electrical Building. Repair and reconstruction of existing improvements affected by the Work, and incidentals for a complete and usuable facility.

The Engineer's Estimate range is $6,250,000 to $6,750,000.

For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Nancy Fries at nancy.fries@mesaaz.gov.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on "Register Today" and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $204.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the "Public Construction Vaults" address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa's Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644- 2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing. Work shall be completed within 250 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/ business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self- service).

The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORDÂŽ Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.

The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORDÂŽ Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

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ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant for the following: CONSULTANT ON-CALL LIST FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPELINES The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide Design Services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Water and Wastewater Pipelines. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for mechanical engineering services. This category is further defined below: The Water and Wastewater Pipelines project category is defined to include generally horizontal construction projects whose primary purpose is to provide, convey or otherwise directly support the provision of water and/or wastewater service to the City of Mesa's utility customers. Projects might involve studies, new construction, extension, rehabilitation, or other modifications. Typical projects include (but are not limited to) waterlines and wastewater lines and their associated infrastructure. These projects may include any or all of the other discipline design areas and services included under other categories.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm's employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City's website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) CD of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00pm on July 26, 2016. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Design Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Heather Sneddon of the Engineering Department at heather.sneddon@mesaaz.gov.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

Publish: DNS- July 9, 16, 2016; EVT- July 10, 17, 2016 / 17439594

THE BUSINESS THAT CONSIDERS ITSELF IMMUNE TO THE NECESSITY FOR

ADVERTISING

SOONER OR LATER FINDS ITSELF IMMUNE TO BUSINESS. - Derby Brown

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Construction Manager at Risk for the following:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant for the following:

RAW WATER PIPELINE FROM THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT (CAP) CANAL TO THE PROPOSED SIGNAL BUTTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

BROADWAY ROAD DESIGN CONCEPT REPORT BROADWAY ROAD FROM TEMPE TO THE CONSOLIDATED CANAL PROJECT NO. CP0710

PROJECT NO. C01645 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CM@Risk) to provide PreConstruction Services assistance and complete Construction Services as the CM@Risk for the Raw Water Pipeline from the Central Arizona Project (CAP) Canal to the Proposed Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected CM@Risk and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping. This project will construct the pipeline that will carry raw water from the Central Arizona Project (CAP) Canal to the proposed Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant to be located on the northeast corner of Signal Butte and Elliot Roads. The pipeline will be approximately 3 miles long and is anticipated to be 54 inches in diameter.

The estimated construction cost is $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. The total estimated project cost is $10,000,000 to $12,000,000.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on July 11, 2016 at 3:00 pm at the (Mesa City Plaza Room 170, 20 E. Main St., Mesa AZ). At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the presubmittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the PreSubmittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm's employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City's website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/construction-manager- at-risk- and-job- order-contractingopportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide eight (8) hard copies and one (1) CD of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00 pm on July 21, 2016. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk selection process or contract issues should be directed to Maggie Martinez of the Engineering Department at maggie.martinez@mesaaz.gov.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

Publish: DNS-July 2, 9, 2016; EVT-July 3, 10, 2016 / 17438578

The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide Design Services for the Broadway Road Design Concept Report Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected Design Consultant and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping.

The Broadway Road Design Concept Report project will include completing a corridor study and design concept report for approximately 6.5 miles of Broadway Road (from the Tempe city limit to the Consolidated Canal). This project will include a traffic, drainage, utility, and complete street study to define the roadway lane configurations, intersection improvements, vertical realignment, lighting, landscaping, curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage improvements, utility improvements, ADA improvements, and aesthetic improvements related to the City's desire to further develop the streetscape and livability of Broadway Road. The project will also determine a phasing approach for construction documentation and implementation along Broadway Road and a cost estimate for each phase to help program future CIP projects along Broadway Road.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on July 13, 2016 at 1:30 pm at the City of Mesa (Mesa City Plaza, Room 170, 20 E. Main St., Mesa AZ). At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the PreSubmittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm's employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City's website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) CD of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00 pm on July 20, 2016. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self- service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Design Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

Publish: DNS-July 2, 9, 2016; EVT-July 3, 10, 2016 / 17438554

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